Messias

See also: messias

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈsaɪ.əs/

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

• Essaism, Massies, amisses

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛˈsi.ɑs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Mes‧si‧as

Proper noun

Messias m

1. (Christianity) Messiah, Jesus Christ

Derived terms

• Messiasgeheim

See also

• messias

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmesːiɑs/, [ˈme̞s̠ːiɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -esːiɑs
• Hyphenation^(key): Mes‧si‧as

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

• messiasusko

 

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈsiːas/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Declension of Messias [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Messias	die	Messiasse
genitive	eines	des	Messias	der	Messiasse
dative	einem	dem	Messias	den	Messiassen
accusative	einen	den	Messias	die	Messiasse

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mesˈsiː.aːs/, [mɛs̠ˈs̠iːäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mesˈsi.as/, [mesˈsiːäs]

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.

	singular
nominative	Messīās
genitive	Messīae
dative	Messīae
accusative	Messīān Messīam
ablative	Messīā
vocative	Messīā

Descendants

• → Dutch: Messias
• → English: Messias
• → Finnish: Messias
• → German: Messias
• → Middle English: Messyas, Messie, Messy, Messye, Messias
  • English: Messiah, messiah, Messias
  • Scots: Messiah
• → Portuguese: Messias

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈsi.ɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈsi.ɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meˈsi.ɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈsi.as/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈsi.ɐʃ/

• Homophone: messias
• Hyphenation: Mes‧si‧as

Proper noun

Messias m

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

Swedish

Proper noun

Messias c (genitive Messias)

1. Messiah

References

• Messias in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Messias in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)