Messias

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English

Etymology

From Latin Messīās, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās), from Aramaic משיחא (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, anointed).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Messias

  1. (obsolete) The Messiah.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, John 4:25:
      I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ.
    • 1633, Joseph Hall, A paraphrase upon the hard texts of Scripture:
      I am not one that is suddenly and unexpectedly started forth into the world, but that very Messias who from the beginning of the world was foretold and forepromised to mankind.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmɛˈsi.ɑs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Mes‧si‧as

Proper noun

Messias m

  1. (Christianity) Messiah, Jesus Christ

Derived terms

See also

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Messīās from Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās) from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mashíakh).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Messias

  1. Messiah
    Synonyms: Vapahtaja, (Christianity) Kristus, Jeesus Kristus

Declension

Inflection of Messias (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)
nominative Messias
genitive Messiaan
partitive Messiasta
illative Messiaaseen
singular plural
nominative Messias
accusative nom. Messias
gen. Messiaan
genitive Messiaan
partitive Messiasta
inessive Messiaassa
elative Messiaasta
illative Messiaaseen
adessive Messiaalla
ablative Messiaalta
allative Messiaalle
essive Messiaana
translative Messiaaksi
abessive Messiaatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Messias (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Messiaani
accusative nom. Messiaani
gen. Messiaani
genitive Messiaani
partitive Messiastani
inessive Messiaassani
elative Messiaastani
illative Messiaaseeni
adessive Messiaallani
ablative Messiaaltani
allative Messiaalleni
essive Messiaanani
translative Messiaakseni
abessive Messiaattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Messiaasi
accusative nom. Messiaasi
gen. Messiaasi
genitive Messiaasi
partitive Messiastasi
inessive Messiaassasi
elative Messiaastasi
illative Messiaaseesi
adessive Messiaallasi
ablative Messiaaltasi
allative Messiaallesi
essive Messiaanasi
translative Messiaaksesi
abessive Messiaattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Messiaamme
accusative nom. Messiaamme
gen. Messiaamme
genitive Messiaamme
partitive Messiastamme
inessive Messiaassamme
elative Messiaastamme
illative Messiaaseemme
adessive Messiaallamme
ablative Messiaaltamme
allative Messiaallemme
essive Messiaanamme
translative Messiaaksemme
abessive Messiaattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Messiaanne
accusative nom. Messiaanne
gen. Messiaanne
genitive Messiaanne
partitive Messiastanne
inessive Messiaassanne
elative Messiaastanne
illative Messiaaseenne
adessive Messiaallanne
ablative Messiaaltanne
allative Messiaallenne
essive Messiaananne
translative Messiaaksenne
abessive Messiaattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Messiaansa
accusative nom. Messiaansa
gen. Messiaansa
genitive Messiaansa
partitive Messiastaan
Messiastansa
inessive Messiaassaan
Messiaassansa
elative Messiaastaan
Messiaastansa
illative Messiaaseensa
adessive Messiaallaan
Messiaallansa
ablative Messiaaltaan
Messiaaltansa
allative Messiaalleen
Messiaallensa
essive Messiaanaan
Messiaanansa
translative Messiaakseen
Messiaaksensa
abessive Messiaattaan
Messiaattansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

compounds

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Messīās, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías), from Aramaic משיחא (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, anointed).

Pronunciation

Noun

Messias m (strong, genitive Messias, plural Messiasse)

  1. (Christianity) The Messiah / messiah (Jesus Christ, Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the Christ).
  2. Any other person believed or claiming to be the Messiah / messiah.
  3. (figurative) A messiah or messiah-like figure.

Declension

Further reading

  • Messias” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Messias” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Messias” in Duden online

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās), from the Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Mashíakh, anointed”, “messiah).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Messīās m sg (genitive Messīae); first declension

  1. the Messiah, Christ

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Descendants

References

  • Messīas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Messias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Proper noun

Messias

  1. Alternative form of Messyas

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Messīās, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías), from Aramaic משיחא (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, anointed).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Messias m

  1. (religion) Messiah (the promised saviour of the Jewish people)

Swedish

Proper noun

Messias c (genitive Messias)

  1. Messiah

References