See also: مشک and م س ك

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
م س ك (m-s-k)

Verb edit

مَسَكَ (masaka) I, non-past يَمْسُكُ or يَمْسِكُ‎ (yamsuku or yamsiku)

  1. to grab, grasp, clutch, clasp, seize, take hold
  2. to hold
  3. to stick, cling, adhere, hang on
Conjugation edit

Verb edit

مَسَّكَ (massaka) II, non-past يُمَسِّكُ‎ (yumassiku)

  1. to have someone seize or hold something
Conjugation edit

Noun edit

مَسْك (maskm

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

Adjective edit

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

  1. grasping, greedy, avaricious
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Semitic *mašk-.

Noun edit

مَسْك (maskm (plural مُسُوك (musūk))

  1. recently cut hide of a new-born goat, scalp of a neonate
Declension edit
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Etymology 3 edit

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

Noun edit

مِسْك (miskm or f

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

Etymology 4 edit

Denominal verb of مِسْك (misk, musk).

Verb edit

مَسَّكَ (massaka) II, non-past يُمَسِّكُ‎ (yumassiku)

  1. to scent with musk
Conjugation edit

Etymology 5 edit

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

Verb edit

مَسَّكَ (massaka) II, non-past يُمَسِّكُ‎ (yumassiku)

  1. to pay retainer to
Conjugation edit

References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “مسك”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (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)‎[2] (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[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1106
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مسك”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[4], 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 edit

Root
م س ك
1 term

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

مسك (misik) I (non-past يمسك (yimsik))

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

Conjugation edit

References edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
م س ك
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic مَسَكَ (masaka).

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

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

  1. to grab
  2. to hold

Conjugation edit

    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)