ʕṣr / Semitic roots
Examples of words with the root ʕṣr: alizarin, Shemini Atzereth.
ʕṣr
West Semitic, to press. restrain, retain.
1. Shemini Atzereth, from Hebrew ʕăṣeret, assembly, gathering, from ʕāṣar, to retain.
2. alizarin, probably from Arabic al-ʕuṣāra, the juice, from ʕaṣara, to squeeze.
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