jasyr

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ясы́рь (jasýrʹ), from Crimean Tatar esir or Turkish esir, from Arabic أَسِير (ʔasīr), from Proto-Semitic *ʾasīr-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.sɨr/

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• Rhymes: -asɨr
• Syllabification: ja‧syr

Noun

jasyr m inan

1. (historical) captivity under the Cossacks
2. (collective) prisoners of the Cossacks

Declension

Declension of jasyr

	singular
nominative	jasyr
genitive	jasyru
dative	jasyrowi
accusative	jasyr
instrumental	jasyrem
locative	jasyrze
vocative	jasyrze

Further reading

• jasyr in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jasyr in Polish dictionaries at PWN