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Hebrew
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
אֶפְשָׁר • (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
Adverb
אֶפְשָׁר • (efshár)
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) perhaps, maybe
- Synonym: אוּלַי (ulái)
Descendants
- → Yiddish: אפֿשר (efsher)
References
- “אפשר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Etymology 2
From the root א־פ־שׁ־ר ('-p-sh-r), extracted from the above.
Pronunciation
Verb
אִפְשֵׁר • (ifshér) (pi'el 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.
Conjugation
Synonyms
Yiddish
Adverb
אפשר • (efsher)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אפֿשר (efsher).