għasar

Maltese

Root
għ-s-r
4 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.sar/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaˤː.sar/ (archaic)
• Homophone: agħsar

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَصَرَ (ʕaṣara).

Verb

għasar (imperfect jagħsar, past participle magħsur, verbal noun għasir)

1. to squeeze, press

   Synonym: għafas

2. to juice, to squeeze out

Conjugation

Conjugation of għasar
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	għasart	għasart	għasar		għasarna	għasartu	għasru
	f			għasret
imperfect	m	nagħsar	tagħsar	jagħsar		nagħsru	tagħsru	jagħsru
	f			tagħsar
imperative			agħsar				agħsru

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَصْر (ʕaṣr).

The religious use is based on the Islamic afternoon prayer. Catholic vespers are typically held at 6 pm, but were often brought forward to the last hour before sunset during the winter. The word counts among the specifically Islamic terms preserved by the (re-)converted Maltese as against the use of Middle Eastern Christians; compare Randan (“Lent”) and others.

Noun

għasar m (plural għosrien)

1. (Christianity) vespers
2. (dated) afternoon

   Synonym: waranofsinhar

3. (Islam) asr, the afternoon Islamic prayer