مسك

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
م س ك (m s k)
7 terms

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

Verb

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

  1. to have someone seize or hold something
Conjugation

Noun

مَسْك (maskm

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

Adjective

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

  1. grasping, greedy, avaricious
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *mašk-.

Noun

مَسْك (maskm (plural مُسُوك (musūk))

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

Etymology 3

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

Noun

مِسْك (miskm or f

  1. musk
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants

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

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

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 (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, 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

Egyptian Arabic

Root
م س ك
1 term

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

    Conjugation of مسك (form-I sound)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m مسكت (misikt) مسكت (misikt) مسك (misik) مسكنا (misikna) مسكتوا (misiktu) مسكوا (misku)
f مسكتي (misikti) مسكت (miskit)
present subjunctive m امسك (amsak) تمسك (timsak) يمسك (yimsak) نمسك (nimsak) تمسكوا (timsaku) يمسكوا (yimsaku)
f تمسكي (timsaki) تمسك (timsak)
present indicative m بمسك (bamsak) بتمسك (bitimsak) بيمسك (biyimsak) بنمسك (binimsak) بتمسكوا (bitimsaku) بيمسكوا (biyimsaku)
f بتمسكي (bitimsaki) بتمسك (bitimsak)
future m حمسك (ḥamsak) حتمسك (ḥatimsak) حيمسك (ḥayimsak) حنمسك (ḥanimsak) حتمسكوا (ḥatimsaku) حيمسكوا (ḥayimsaku)
f حتمسكي (ḥatimsaki) حتمسك (ḥatimsak)
imperative m امسك (imsak) امسكوا (imsaku)
f امسكي (imsaki)

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م س ك
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَسَكَ (masaka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.sak/,
  • IPA(key): /mi.sik/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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

  1. to grab
  2. to hold

Conjugation

    Conjugation of مسك (masak)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m مسكت (masakt) مسكت (masakt) مسك (masak) مسكنا (masakna) مسكتو (masaktu) مسكو (masaku)
f مسكتي (masakti) مسكت (maskat)
present m بمسك (bamsik) بتمسك (btimsik) بمسك (bimsik) منمسك (mnimsik) بتمسكو (btimsiku) بمسكو (bimsiku)
f بتمسكي (btimsiki) بتمسك (btimsik)
subjunctive m أمسك (ʔamsik) تمسك (timsik) يمسك (yimsik) نمسك (nimsik) تمسكو (timsiku) يمسكو (yimsiku)
f تمسكي (timsiki) تمسك (timsik)
imperative m امسك (imsik) امسكو (imsiku)
f امسكي (imsiki)
    Conjugation of مسك (misik)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m مسكت (msikt) مسكت (msikt) مسك (misik) مسكنا (msikna) مسكتو (msiktu) مسكو (misku)
f مسكتي (msikti) مسكت (miskat)
present m بمسك (bamsik) بتمسك (btimsik) بمسك (bimsik) منمسك (mnimsik) بتمسكو (btimsiku) بمسكو (bimsiku)
f بتمسكي (btimsiki) بتمسك (btimsik)
subjunctive m أمسك (ʔamsik) تمسك (timsik) يمسك (yimsik) نمسك (nimsik) تمسكو (timsiku) يمسكو (yimsiku)
f تمسكي (timsiki) تمسك (timsik)
imperative m امسك (imsik) امسكو (imsiku)
f امسكي (imsiki)