אפשר

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /efˈʃaʁ/

אֶפְשַׁר • (efshár)

1. (impersonal) Possible: being a possibility; not impossible.
   • 2010 February 12, רותם שטרקמן (Rotem Starkman), “כמה במבה אפשר לקנות ב-22 מיליון שקל‎” (káma bámba efshár liknot b'-22 milyón shékel, “How much Bamba is it possible to buy with 22 million shekels”), in TheMarker.
2. (impersonal) Possible, permitted, allowed.

• This adjective is often used "impersonally", that is, without a personal subject.

• אפשרות‎ (efsharút)
• אפשרי‎ (efsharí)

אֶפְשַׁר • (efshár)

1. (Ashkenazic Hebrew) perhaps, maybe

   Synonym: אוּלַי‎ (ulái)

• → Yiddish: אפֿשר‎ (efsher)

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

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ifˈʃeʁ/

אִפְשֵׁר • (ifshér) (pi'el construction)

1. (transitive) To permit: to enable, to make possible.
2. (transitive) To permit (an action): to grant permission for.

• 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.

• (permit): הִרְשָׁה‎ (hirshá, “to allow”), נָתַן‎ (natán, “to let”)

אפשר • (efsher)

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