ܐܣܝܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܐ ܣ ܪ (ˀ s r)
5 terms

Adjective derived from ܐܵܣܹܪ (āsēr, “to bind, tie”), from Aramaic אַסִירָא (ʾasīrā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔasīr-; compare Arabic أَسِير (ʔasīr), Hebrew אָסִיר (asír) and Akkadian 𒀀𒋛𒊒 (asīrum).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔasiːrɑː]

Noun

ܐܲܣܝܼܪܵܐ • (asīrā) m sg (plural ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (asīrē), feminine ܐܲܣܝܼܪܬܵܐ (asīrtā))

1. prisoner
2. captive

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܲܣܝܼܪܵܐ (asīrā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܝܼ (asīrī)		ܐܲܣܝܼܪܲܢ (asīran)
	construct	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ (asīr)	2nd person	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܘܼܟ݂ (asīrūḵ)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܵܟ݂ܝ (asīrāḵ)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (asīrāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܵܐ (asīrā)	3rd person	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹܗ (asīrēh)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܵܗ̇ (asīrāh)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ (asīrhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܝܼ (asīrī)		ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܲܢ (asīran)
	construct	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܲܝ (asīray)	2nd person	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (asīrūḵ)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (asīrāḵ)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (asīrāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (asīrē)	3rd person	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (asīrūh)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (asīrōh)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܗܘܿܢ (asīrhōn)

Derived terms

• ܐܲܣܝܼܪܘܼܬܵܐ (asīrūtā, “incarceration, captivity”)
• ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (bēṯ asīrē, “jail, prison”)

Etymology 2

Passive participle of ܐܵܣܹܪ (āsēr, “to bind, tie”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [siːrɑː]

Adjective

ܐ݇ܣܝܼܪܵܐ • (sīrā) (feminine ܐ݇ܣܝܼܪܬܵܐ (sīrtā), plural ܐ݇ܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (sīrē))

1. tied, tied up, bound, fastened

   ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ ܬܲܪܥܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܐ݇ܣܝܼܪܵܐ ܒܫܝܼܫܠܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ. ― ādīyā tarˁā ìlēh sīrā b-šīšlāṯē. ― Now the door is fastened in chains.

2. connected, linked, related

   Synonyms: ܒܲܝܬܵܝܵܐ (baytāyā), ܐ݇ܚܝܵܢܵܝܵܐ (ḥyānāyā), ܬܸܠܝܵܐ (tilyā)

   ܢܝܼܫܲܢܩܹ̈ܐ ܐ݇ܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܠܡܲܪܥܵܐ. ― nīšanqē sīrē l-marˁā. ― Symptoms linked to the sickness.