Proto-Semitic root
*ʾVsir-
‘bind, join’ 1, ‘hobble’ 2
di Mino’s gloss: to bind, tie; take captive, imprison
Record 408 ↗ · SED semet 372 · Basis: SED
In Linear A1 entry
Reflexes20 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianesēru B 1 (CAD E 334)asīru (CAD A/2 331)asīrūtu (CAD A/2 332)Amarna: {lu₂-meš}a-si-ri (ORACC aemw/amarna qca; 4 instances)gloss withheld
- Eblaiticʔa₅-za-lu-um /ʔ-s-r/ 1 (= Sum. GÁxGÉME.GI₄) (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 46)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic8
- Ugariticʔsr 1
- Hebrewʔsr 1ʔēsūr, bēt hāʔēsūr (HALOT 73)gloss withheld
- Aramaicʔsr [-i-] 1 (DNWSI 90)
- Phoenicianʔsr (T 27)gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaicʾesar 1 (LGz. 44; Payne Smith 24)ʾasīrūtā (Payne Smith 23)ʾasūrā (Payne Smith 22)gloss withheld
- Biblical Aramaicʾesur (T 27)
- Emarma-sa-ru /maʾsaru/ (Pentiuc 2001, 122)gloss withheld
- CanaaniteEG SYLL ʔa₂=ṯi₂=ra /*ʔas̀īra/ 1 (Hoch 45–46)gloss withheld
Arabic2
- Arabicʾasara (Leslau CDG 44)gloss withheld
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ʾsrʾsr (Al-Jallad 2026, 8–9)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab ʾśr (Biella 28; Sabaweb lemma 3580)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian7
- Mehriwesōr
- Harsusiwesōr
- Jibbaliʔesɔr 2
- Geezʾasara (Dillmann 05550)masʔar, masʔərt (LGz. 362)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root ʾsr
- Tigreʾasra (HALOT 75)
- Tigrinyaʾasärä (LGz. 44)
- Amharicassärä (LGz. 44)
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.