Arabic vocabulary
أَسِيرًاa prisoner
How to say “a prisoner” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
أَرْبَعِينَ وَمِائَةً سَبْعِينَ أَسِيرًا
Two hundred and ten prisoners.
أَسِيرًا — prisoners. A singular counted noun 'captive' kept singular on purpose, because after a large compound number Arabic uses one counted item with a special indefinite object ending. English makes it plural 'prisoners', but the Arabic counts 'so-many of captive'.
From: A Companion at Battle →
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