-mas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mas"

English

Etymology

From Middle English -masse, -messe, from Old English -mæsse, the second element in several ritual and holiday names (e.g. Candelmæsse, Cristes mæsse, hlāfmæsse, etc.), from Old English mæsse (“the mass, church festival”). Compare Dutch mis, German Messe, Danish messe, Swedish mässa, Icelandic messa.

Suffix

-mas

1. Indicates holidays or sacred days.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -mas

Allhallowmas

Andrewmas

Candlemas

Childermas

Christmas

Clausmas

Grinchmas

Hallowmas

Lammas

Martinmas

Michaelmas

Newtonmas

Paganmas

Roodmas

Santa Clausmas

Santamas

Xmas

See also

• feast day

Anagrams

• 'ams, MSA, Sam., ASM, AMS, sam, sma, SMA, Sam, S. Am., A.M.s, SAM, asm

Navajo

Stem

-mas

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Momentaneous			-MÁÁZ (roll)	-MÁÁZ (roll)
Momentaneous	-MÁÁZ (roll)
Semelfactive	-MÁÁZ (roll)	-MÁÁZ (roll)	-MÁÁZ (roll)	-MÁÁZ (roll)	-MÁÁZ (roll)

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.