أسير

See also: اسیر‎ and أشير‎

Arabic

FWOTD – 4 December 2017

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.siːr/

Noun

أَسِير • (ʔasīr) m (plural أَسْرَى‎ (ʔasrā) or أَسارَى‎ (ʔasārā) or أُسارَى‎ (ʔusārā) or أُسَراءُ‎ (ʔusarāʔu), feminine أَسِيرَة‎ (ʔasīra))

  1. prisoner of war, captive
    • 1949, اتفاقية جنيف بشأن معاملة أسرى الحرب‎ [Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War], Art. 118:
      ‏يفرج عن أسرى الحرب ويعادون إلى أوطانهم دون إبطاء بعد انتهاء الأعمال العدائية الفعلية.‎‎
      Prisoners of war shall be released and repatriated without delay after the cessation of active hostilities.
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: lsir
  • → Azerbaijani: əsir
  • → Tatar: ясир (yasir)
    • → Polish: jasyr
    • → Russian: ясы́рь (jasýrʹ)
    • → Ukrainian: яси́р (jasýr)
  • → Northern Kurdish: êsîr
  • → Ottoman Turkish: اسیر‎ (esir)
  • → Persian: اسیر‎ (asir)
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: असीर (asīr)
      Urdu: اسیر‎ (asīr)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

أَسِيرُ • (ʔasīru) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of سَارَ‎ (sāra)

Verb

أَسِيرَ • (ʔasīra) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of سَارَ‎ (sāra)
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