أصر

أَصَرَّ • (ʔaṣarra) IV (non-past يُصِرُّ (yuṣirru), verbal noun إِصْرَار (ʔiṣrār))

1. to persist [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘in something’]
2. to insist [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘on something’]

   لقد كان لديه حقيبة جميلة وأصَرّ أنْ يُقدِّمَهُ لي كَهدية.

   He had a beautiful bag and insisted on giving it to me as a gift.

   ويُصِرُّ العَالِم أيضًا أن الإسلام يدعو المؤمنين إلى الرحمة بالآخرين.

   The scholar also insists that Islam calls on believers to be merciful to others.

3. to resolve [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘to do something’]

أصر (form I)

1. أَصِرْ (ʔaṣir) /ʔa.sˤir/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of صَارَ (ṣāra)
2. أَصُرْ (ʔaṣur) /ʔa.sˤur/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of صَارَ (ṣāra)
3. أُصَرْ (ʔuṣar) /ʔu.sˤar/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of صَارَ (ṣāra)

• IPA^(key): [ʔɑsˤɑɾɾ]

أصر • (ʾaṣarr) (verb form iv, imperfect يصرّ, yiṣirr)

1. (intransitive) to insist, to persist

• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “ص ر ر”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 501

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَصَرَّ (ʔaṣarra).

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.sˤarr/, [ʔɑˈsˤɑr]

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أصرّ • (ʔaṣarr) IV (present بصرّ (biṣirr))

1. to insist

   Synonyms: لحّ (laḥḥ), نقّ (naʔʔ)