# \*ʕsr: 'to press (a debtor) for payment'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕsr, 'to press (a debtor) for payment': reflexes in 2 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [ʿ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ayin/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-26.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕsr |
| Meaning | 'to press (a debtor) for payment' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | esēru A (CAD E 332) | CAD E 332 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | ʿasara (al-ġarīma) 'he demanded the debt of the debtor, it being difficult to him to pay it' (Lane 2042); miʿsar 'who presses his debtor, and straitens him' (Lane 2044) | Lane 2042; Lane 2044 |  |

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## Notes

CAD separates esēru A from esēru B 'to shut in, confine' (408 \*ʾVsir-). Arabic ʿasura 'to be difficult, hard' (Lane 2042). Not K0685 \*ʿVṣVr- 'press'.

## Linked from

- [ʿ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ayin/index.md>)

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