How to say "juice" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningjuice
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عَصِير
ʿaṣīrעציר
عصير
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מיץ
mitsمِيتْس
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ع-ص-رHebrew root
ע-צ-רArabic ʿ-ṣ-r means to press or squeeze — juice is literally 'what gets pressed out'. Its regular Hebrew twin is ע-צ-ר, where the pressing turned into holding back: to stop or restrain.
Related Hebrew word:עצרatsarأَتْسَار
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In a phrase
عَصِير بُرْتُقَال
ʿaṣīr burtuqālעציר ברתקאלorange juice
Plural
عَصَائِر
ʿaṣāʾirעצאארbroken plural CaCāʾiC — like رسالة→رسائل (rasāʾil)