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إِسَارٌ

Root: اسر

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إِسَارٌ A thing with which one binds; a thong of untanned hide, with which one binds a camel's saddle, [as also إِصَارٌ,] and a captive; and so أَسْرٌ, q. v.: and a rope, or cord, with which a captive is bound: and a pair of shackles: pl. أُسُرٌ. [See also 1.] You say, حَلَّ إِسَارَهُ فَأَطْلَقَهُ He untied his thong of untanned hide wherewith he was bound, and released him.

def.2 See also أَسِيرٌ.


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