عَصَرَتْsqueezed in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَعَصَرَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ عُكَّةً لَهَا فَأَدَمَتْهُ،

  And Umm Sulaym squeezed a skin of clarified butter for her, and she seasoned it.

  وَعَصَرَتْ — and squeezed. The wa- adds Umm Sulaym's parallel act -- 'and she squeezed' -- the '-at' marking her feminine. It lists her preparing the butter alongside the bread being crumbled.

  From: The Barley Loaf That Fed Eighty →