Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 572
عشر عسى occurrence. while it is bad for you (2:217). It also denotes opinion or doubt or certainty. هَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِنْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ أَلَّا تُقَاتِلُوْا : Is it not likely that if fighting is prescribed for you, you will not fight (2:247). هَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَنْ تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ : Would you then, if you were placed in authority, create disorder in the land (47:23)? As uttered by God, it is expressive of an event of necessary فَعَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَّا تِيَ بِالْفَتْحِ : May be Allah will vouchsafe victory to you (5:53). It is generally followed by the particle آن (= that). It is used in various ways as shown in the following sentences. عَسَى زَيْدٌ أَنْ يَقُوْمَ and عَسَى أَنْ يَقُوْمَ زَيْدٌ and عَسَى زَيْدٌ قَائِمٌ all meaning almost the same; the first sentence literally means, it may be that Zaid is or will be the performer of the act of standing; the second means, it may be that Zaid stands or will stand and the third signifies, it may be that Zaid is standing. عَشَرَ ]aor. يَعْشِرُ inf. noun عَشْرٌ [ : He took one from ten; he added one to nine and made the number ten. عَشَرَهُمْ : He made them ten by adding himself to their number. عَشَرَتِ النَّاقَةُ : The she-camel became عُشَرَاءُ ie ten-month pregnant عَشَرَ الْمَالَ aor. يَعْشُرُ inf noun عَشْرٌ and عُشُورٌ( : He took the عُشْرٌ of the property (tenth part(. عَشَرَهُمْ : He made them ten by adding himself to their number or became the tenth of them; it also means, he took the tenth of them and made them nine or they became nine. عَشْرٌ : Ten; used for feminine. عَشْرُ نِسَاءٍ : Ten women. فَأْتُوْا بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍ : Bring ten chapters )11:14( عَشَرَةٌ : Ten. It is used for masculine. عَشَرَةُ رِجَالٍ : Ten men. اِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاكِيْنَ . e. feeding ten poor persons )5:90( )عَشَرَةَ used for masculine) whenever عَشْرَةَ is joined with the preceding number it is used for feminine as خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ امْرَأَةً i. e. fifteen women. عَشَرَ is used for masculine as خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً i. e. fifteen men. عِشْرُوْنَ and عِشْرِينَ = Twenty )866( عُشْرٌ : A tenth part as also عَشِيْرٌ and مِعْشَارٌ . Some authorities say that مِعْشَارٌ means a hundredth part; others say it means a thousandth part. اَعْشَارٌ : Plural of مِعْشَارَ مَا أَتَيْنَاهُمْ عُشْرٌ : A tenth part of that which We have given them )34:46( عَشَرَهُ )inf noun مُعَاشَرَةٌ( : He mixed with them; consorted with them; held social and familiar. عَاشِرُوْهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ : Consort with them in 572