ܐܣܝܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Root
ܐ ܣ ܪ (ˀ s r)
5 terms

Inherited from Aramaic אַסִירָא (ʾassīrā), 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

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ (asīr)		1st person	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܝܼ (asīrī)		ܐܲܣܝܼܪܲܢ (asīran)
	construct	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ (asīr)		2nd person	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܘܼܟ݂ (asīrōḵ)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܵܟ݂ܝ (asīrāḵ)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (asīrawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܵܐ (asīrā)		3rd person	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹܗ (asīrēh)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܵܗ̇ (asīrāh)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܗܘܿܢ (asīrhōn)
plural	absolute	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܝܼܢ (asīrīn)		1st person	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܝܼ (asīrī)		ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܲܢ (asīran)
	construct	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܲܝ (asīray)		2nd person	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܟ݂ (asīrōḵ)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܵܟ݂ܝ (asīrāḵ)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (asīrawḵōn)
	emphatic	ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (asīrē)		3rd person	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ (asīrūh)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܘܼܗ̇ (asīrōh)	ܐܲܣܝܼܪ̈ܲܝܗܘܿܢ (asīrayhōn)

Derived terms

• ܐܲܣܝܼܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (asīrūṯā, “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.