lsir

Maltese

Alternative forms
  • ilsir (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)

Etymology

From Arabic الأَسِير (al-ʾasīr), from أَسِير‎ (ʾasīr) with fused definite article.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lˈsiːr/

Noun

lsir m (plural lsiera)

  1. a slave
    Synonym: skjav
  2. (especially) a captive, one who has been captured and enslaved
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