أسير

See also: اسیر and أشير

Arabic

FWOTD – 4 December 2017

Etymology 1

  • Diachronically inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʾasīr-.
  • Synchronically belonging to the root ء س ر (ʾ-s-r) meaning “to fetter” in the base stem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.siːr/

Noun

أَسِير (ʾasīr) m (plural أَسْرَى (ʾasrā) or أَسارَى (ʾasārā) or أُسارَى (ʾusārā) or أُسَراءُ (ʾusarāʾu), feminine أَسِيرَة (ʾasīra))

  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
  • Azerbaijani: əsir
  • Tatar: ясир (yasir)
    • Polish: jasyr
    • Russian: ясы́рь (jasýrʹ)
    • Ukrainian: яси́р (jasýr)
  • Kurdish: êsîr
  • Ottoman Turkish: اسیر (esir)
    • Turkish: esir
    • Serbo-Croatian: jȅsīr / је̏сӣр
    • Crimean Tatar: esir
  • Persian: اسیر‏‎ (asir)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

أَسِيرُ (ʾasīru) (form I)

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

Verb

أَسِيرَ (ʾasīra) (form I)

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