أُؤْسَرَbe taken captive

Example sentences

• وَلَكِنَّنِي أَخْشَى أَنْ أُؤْسَرَ فَقَالَ أَنَّكَ لَنْ تُؤْسَرَ

  But I fear that I will be taken captive. He said, "You will not be taken captive."

  أُؤْسَرَ — I be taken captive. This verb is in the passive: the speaker would be the one captured, not the captor, the action landing on him. Arabic builds the passive by reshaping the vowels inside the verb rather than adding a helper like 'be'. It also sits in the 'aim' shape because of the particle before it, marking it as the feared possibility.

  From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →