Inherited from Aramaic אַסִירָא (ʾassīrā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔasīr-; compare Arabic أَسِير (ʔasīr), Hebrew אָסִיר (asír) and Akkadian 𒀀𒋛𒊒 (asīrum).
ܐܲܣܝܼܪܵܐ • (asīrā) m sg (plural ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (asīrē), feminine ܐܲܣܝܼܪܬܵܐ (asīrtā))
| 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) | |||
Passive participle of ܐܵܣܹܪ (āsēr, “to bind, tie”).
ܐ݇ܣܝܼܪܵܐ • (sīrā) (feminine ܐ݇ܣܝܼܪܬܵܐ (sīrtā), plural ܐ݇ܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (sīrē))