See also: مشک and م س ك

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
م س ك (m s k)
7 terms

Verb

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

  1. to have someone seize or hold something
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Noun

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مَسْك (maskm

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

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

  1. grasping, greedy, avaricious
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Semitic *mašk-.

Noun

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مَسْك (maskm (plural مُسُوك (musūk))

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

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

Noun

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مِسْك (miskm or f

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

Etymology 4

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Denominal verb of مِسْك (misk, musk).

Verb

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

  1. to scent with musk
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Etymology 5

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

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

  1. to pay retainer to
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References

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  • 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

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Root
م س ك
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Verb

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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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    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)

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
م س ك
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Etymology

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From Arabic مَسَكَ (masaka).

Pronunciation

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

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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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    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)