אפשר
Hebrew
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli) IPA: /efˈʃaʁ/
Adjective
אֶפְשַׁר (efshár)
- (impersonal) Possible: being a possibility; not impossible.
- 2010 February 12, רותם שטרקמן (Rotem Starkman), “כמה במבה אפשר לקנות ב-22 מיליון שקל” (káma bámba efshár liknot b'-22 milyón shékel, “How much Bamba is it possible to buy with 22 million shekels”), in TheMarker.
- (impersonal) Possible, permitted, allowed.
Usage notes
- This adjective is often used "impersonally", that is, without a personal subject.
Derived terms
- א־פ־שׁ־ר ('-p-sh-r)
- אפשרות (efsharút)
- אפשרי (efsharí)
Etymology 2
From the root א־פ־שׁ־ר ('-p-sh-r), extracted from the above.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli) IPA: /ifˈʃeʁ/
Verb
אִפְשֵׁר (ifshér) (pi'él construction)
- (transitive) To permit: to enable, to make possible.
- (transitive) To permit (an action): to grant permission for.
Usage notes
- The verbs אִפְשֵׁר (ifshér, “to permit”), הִרְשָׁה (hirshá, “to allow”), and נָתַן (natán, “to let”) are all synonymous in denotation, but vary in their level of formality.
Synonyms
- (permit): הִרְשָׁה (hirshá, “to allow”), נָתַן (natán, “to let”)