عشيا

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Adverbial accusative of عَشِيّ (ʕašiyy, late evening), from the root ع ش و (ʕ-š-w).

Adverb

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عَشِيًّا (ʕašiyyan)

  1. late in the evening
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:11:
      فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ مِنَ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ فَأَوْحَىٰ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنْ سَبِّحُوا بُكْرَةً وَّعَشِيًّا
      faḵaraja ʕalā qawmihi mina l-miḥrābi faʔawḥā ʔilayhim ʔan sabbiḥū bukratan waʕašiyyan
      He came out of the oracle to his people and revealed to them [by gestures] the commandment that they sing the Lord's glory early in the morning and late in the evening.