Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of عَصْر (ʕaṣr, age, period of time) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective edit

عَصْرِيّ (ʕaṣriyy) (feminine عَصْرِيَّة (ʕaṣriyya), masculine plural عَصْرِيُّونَ (ʕaṣriyyūna), feminine plural عَصْرِيَّات (ʕaṣriyyāt))

  1. modern
  2. contemporary
Declension edit
References edit
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عصر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun edit

عَصْرِيّ (ʕaṣriyym, plural عَصْرِيُّون (ʕaṣriyyūn), feminine عَصْرِيَّة (ʕaṣriyya)

  1. contemporary
Declension edit
References edit
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عصر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

عَصِّرِي (ʕaṣṣirī) (form II)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of عَصَّرَ (ʕaṣṣara)