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)
  • Uyghur: ئەسىر (esir)

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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