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‏مسك

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See also: مشک and م س ك

Arabic

Etymology 1

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Verb

مَسَكَ (masaka) I (non-past يَمْسُكُ (yamsuku) or يَمْسِكُ (yamsiku), verbal noun مَسْك (mask))

  1. to grab, grasp, clutch, clasp, seize, take hold
  2. to hold
  3. to stick, cling, adhere, hang on
Conjugation
More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

Verb

مَسَّكَ (massaka) II (non-past يُمَسِّكُ (yumassiku), verbal noun تَمْسِيك (tamsīk))

  1. to have someone seize or hold something
Conjugation
More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

Noun

مَسْك (mask) m

  1. verbal noun of مَسَكَ (masaka) (form I)
  2. seizure, grip, hold
  3. keeping (bookkeeping, etc.)
Declension
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Adjective

مُسُك (musuk) (feminine مُسُكَة (musuka), masculine plural مُسَكَة (musaka))

  1. grasping, greedy, avaricious
Declension
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *mašk-.

Noun

مَسْك (mask) m (plural مُسُوك (musūk))

  1. recently cut hide of a new-born goat, scalp of a neonate
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Alternative forms

Etymology 3

From Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠/, musk) (Persian مشک (mošk, musk)), from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, testicle, scrotum).

Noun

مِسْك (misk) m or f

  1. musk
Declension
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Derived terms
Descendants
  • Andalusian Arabic: مِسْك
  • Gulf Arabic: مسك (misk)
  • Northern Kurdish: misk
  • Turkish: misk, mis

Etymology 4

Denominal verb of مِسْك (misk, musk).

Verb

مَسَّكَ (massaka) II (non-past يُمَسِّكُ (yumassiku), verbal noun تَمْسِيك (tamsīk))

  1. to scent with musk
Conjugation
More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

Etymology 5

Denominal verb of مُسْكَان (muskān, retainer, earnest money).

Verb

مَسَّكَ (massaka) II (non-past يُمَسِّكُ (yumassiku), verbal noun تَمْسِيك (tamsīk))

  1. to pay retainer to
Conjugation
More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837), “مسك”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 179
  • الأعشى [al-ʾaʿšā] (a. 625), Geyer, Rudolf, editor, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6) (in German), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, →DOI, pages 91–92
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938), The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 264
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “مسك”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1106
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مسك”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 1001
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “مسك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1065
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Egyptian Arabic

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Pronunciation

Verb

مسك (misik) I (non-past يمسك (yimsik), verbal noun مسك (mask) or مسكان (masakān), active participle ماسك (māsik), passive participle ممسوك (mamsūk))

  1. (transitive) to take hold of, to grasp
  2. (transitive) to capture, to arrest

Conjugation

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1 The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

References

  • Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986), “م س ك”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 822
  • Spiro, Socrates (1895), “مسك”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, pages 566-567
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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

From Arabic مَسَكَ (masaka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.sak/, [ˈma.sak]
  • IPA(key): /mi.sik/, [ˈmi.sɪk]
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Verb

مَسَك or مِسِك (masak or misik) I (present بمسك (bimsik), active participle ماسك (māsek))

  1. to grab
  2. to hold

Conjugation

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