א־ס־ר

Hebrew

Etymology

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Cognate with Arabic ء س ر (ʔ-s-r). The "prohibition" sense derives from the primary "binding" sense.

Root

א־ס־ר • (ʾ-s-r)

1. Related to binding, tying, imprisonment.
2. Related to banning, prohibition, forbiddenness.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־ס־ר (0 c, 7 e)

Further reading

• “א־ס־ר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “א־ס־ר”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
• A. Murtonen (1989) “ʾSR”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 97–98
• Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 45