# \*ʿVṣVr- 'press'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: to press, squeeze out
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%CA%BF/K0685_press.md

## In Linear A

- [OLE+U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BU/index.md>) (ʿuṣār): pressed oil (ʿuṣār)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Aramaic: ʿṢR (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. ʿṣr) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿṣr]
- Syrian Aramaic: ʿṣar 'tread, press out; crush' (Payne Smith 423)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ʕaṣara 'pressed' (Lane 2061) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿṣr]

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: ʿaṣara 'press' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿṣr]

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Page: https://linear-a.ai/roots/K0685/
Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.