أَسِيرٌ
Root: اسر
Full Definition
أَسِيرٌ
i. q.
مَأْسُورٌ ; Bound with an
إِسَار: shackled: imprisoned: captived, or a captive; absolutely, although not bound with an
اسار: and
إِسَارٌ is sometimes used in the same sense. اسير is also applied as an epithet to a woman, when the woman is mentioned; but otherwise أَسِيرَةٌ is used as the fem.: you say, قَتَلْتُ الأَسِيرَةَ [I slew the female captive], like as you say, رَأَيْتُ القَتِيلَةَ. The pl. is أَسْرَى and أَسَرَآءُ and (accord. to several authors, pls. of أَسْرَى, TA) أُسَارَى and أَسَارَى: the first of these forms of pl. is proper to epithets applied to those who are hurt or afflicted in their bodies or their intellects: it is used in this instance because a captive is like one wounded or stung.
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