أَسْرٌ
Root: اسر
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أَسْرٌ
i. q.
إِسَارٌ, q. v. Hence the saying, هٰذَا الشَّىْءُ لَكَ بِأَسْرِهِ
This thing is for thee, or is thine,[lit.] with its thong of untanned hide [wherewith it is bound]; meaning, altogether; like as one says, بِرُمَّتِهِ. And خُذْهُ بِأَسْرِهِ
Take thou it all, or altogether. And جَآءَ القَوْمُ بِأَسْرِهِمْ
The people came altogether.
2 Strength of make, or form. [Accord. to the copies of the K in my hands, it also signifies Strength of natural disposition; but instead of وَالخُلُق, in those copies,
3 شَدَدْنَا أَسْرَهُمْ, in the Kur [lxxvi. 28], means
2 Strength of make, or form. [Accord. to the copies of the K in my hands, it also signifies Strength of natural disposition; but instead of وَالخُلُق, in those copies,
3 شَدَدْنَا أَسْرَهُمْ, in the Kur [lxxvi. 28], means
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