*ʕṣy: 'to resist, oppose, disobey; to quarrel'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ʕṣy
Meaning	'to resist, oppose, disobey; to quarrel'
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	ʿṣh nif. (Sir 4:28) (HALOT 866)	HALOT 866	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	ʿṣā 'to resist, make resistance, fight against'; ethpe. 'to refuse, resist, oppose'; pa. 'to resist, refuse, be contumacious, wilfully disobedient' (Payne Smith 422)	Payne Smith 422
Arabic	ʿaṣā 'he disobeyed him, or rebelled against him'; muʿāṣāh 'opposition, resistance' (Lane 2069)	Lane 2069

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

HALOT 866 queries Ethiopic ʿaṣawa 'to chop down, fell' (Dillmann 1023). Not 400 *ʕaṣāw/y- 'stick'.

Updated 28 October 2026