אפשר

See also: אפֿשר

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
א־פ־שׁ־ר (ʾ-p-š-r)

Pronunciation

Adjective

אֶפְשָׁר • (efshár)

  1. (impersonal) Possible: being a possibility; not impossible.
  2. (impersonal) Possible, permitted, allowed.
Usage notes
  • This adjective is often used "impersonally", that is, without a personal subject.
Derived terms

Adverb

אֶפְשָׁר • (efshár)

  1. (Ashkenazic Hebrew) perhaps, maybe
    Synonym: אוּלַי (ulái)

Descendants
  • → Yiddish: אפֿשר (efsher)

References
  • “אפשר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Etymology 2

From the root א־פ־שׁ־ר ('-p-sh-r), extracted from the above.

Pronunciation

Verb

אִפְשֵׁר • (ifshér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. (transitive) To permit: to enable, to make possible.
  2. (transitive) To permit (an action): to grant permission for.
Usage notes
  • The verbs אִפְשֵׁר (ifshér, “to permit”), הִרְשָׁה (hirshá, “to allow”), and נָתַן (natán, “to let”) are all synonymous in denotation, but vary in their level of formality.
Conjugation
Conjugation of איפשר / אִפְשֵׁר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לְאַפְשֵׁר
  • action noun: איפשור / אִפְשׁוּר
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first איפשרתי / אִפְשַׁרְתִּיאיפשרנו / אִפְשַׁרְנוּ
second איפשרת / אִפְשַׁרְתָּאיפשרת / אִפְשַׁרְתְּאיפשרתם / אִפְשַׁרְתֶּםאיפשרתן / אִפְשַׁרְתֶּן
third איפשר / אִפְשֵׁראיפשרה / אִפְשְׁרָהאיפשרו / אִפְשְׁרוּ
present מְאַפְשֵׁרמְאַפְשֶׁרֶתמְאַפְשְׁרִיםמְאַפְשְׁרוֹת
future first אֲאַפְשֵׁרנְאַפְשֵׁר
second תְּאַפְשֵׁרתְּאַפְשְׁרִיתְּאַפְשְׁרוּתְּאַפְשֵׁרְנָה1
third יְאַפְשֵׁרתְּאַפְשֵׁריְאַפְשְׁרוּתְּאַפְשֵׁרְנָה1
imperative אַפְשֵׁראַפְשְׁרִיאַפְשְׁרוּאַפְשֵׁרְנָה1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
Synonyms

Yiddish

Adverb

אפשר • (efsher)

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אפֿשר (efsher).
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