Arabic vocabulary
أَسِيرُcaptive
How to say “captive” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ مَا فَعَلَ أَسِيرُكَ الْبَارِحَةَ
The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "O Abu Hurayrah, what did your captive do last night?"
أَسِيرُكَ — your captive. A noun with an attached 'your' pronoun and no separate 'the', the possessor making it definite, and a nominative ending marking it as the subject of 'did'. The 'your' ties the captive to Abu Hurayra, the one being questioned.
From: The Verse of the Throne →
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