Messias
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Etymology edit
From Latin Messīās, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās), from Aramaic משיחא (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”).
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Proper noun edit
Messias
- (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.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías).
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Messias m
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Messīās from Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās) from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mashíakh).
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Proper noun edit
Messias
- Messiah
- Synonyms: Vapahtaja, (Christianity) Kristus, Jeesus Kristus
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Inflection of Messias (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Messīās, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías), from Aramaic משיחא (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Messias m (strong, genitive Messias, plural Messiasse)
- (Christianity) The Messiah / messiah (Jesus Christ, Jesus the Messiah, Jesus the Christ).
- Any other person believed or claiming to be the Messiah / messiah.
- (figurative) A messiah or messiah-like figure.
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās), from the Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Mashíakh, “anointed”, “messiah”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mesˈsiː.aːs/, [mɛs̠ˈs̠iːäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mesˈsi.as/, [mesˈsiːäs]
Proper noun edit
Messīās m sg (genitive Messīae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Messīās |
Genitive | Messīae |
Dative | Messīae |
Accusative | Messīān Messīam |
Ablative | Messīā |
Vocative | Messīā |
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: Messias
- → English: Messias
- → Finnish: Messias
- → German: Messias
- → Middle English: Messyas, Messie, Messy, Messye, Messias
- → Portuguese: Messias
References edit
- “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 edit
Proper noun edit
Messias
- Alternative form of Messyas
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Messīās, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías), from Aramaic משיחא (məšīḥā), from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ, “anointed”).
Pronunciation edit
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Messias m
Swedish edit
Proper noun edit
Messias c (genitive Messias)