مص

1 مَصَّهُ ذ , (A, Msb,) first pers. مَصِصْتُ, (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. يَمَصُّ; (S, Msb, K;) and first pers. مَصَصْتُ, aor. يَمُصُّ; (Msb, K;) but the former is the more chaste; (T, Msb, TA,) inf. n. مَصٌّ; (S, M, Msb;) [ He sucked it; or sucked it in; or sipped it, i. e.] he drank it (namely water, A, or a thing, S, M,) with a minute draught, (شُرْبًا رَقِيقًا: so in a copy of the A, and in the CK,) or with a gentle draught: (شُرْبًا رَفِيقًا: so in some copies of the K, and in the TA:) or he took it (namely a small quantity of a fluid) by drawing in the breath: and whether شَرِبَ may be used to denote this, as it is in the K, requires consideration: (MF:) or i. q. رَشَفَهُ: (S, K, art. رشف:) or i. q. تَرَشَّفَهُ: (M:) رَشْفٌ signifies the “ taking ” water “ with the lips; ” and is more than مَصٌّ: (Msb, art. رشف:) and ↓ امتصّهُ signifies the same; (S, M, A, Msb, K;) and so ↓ تمصّصهُ: (M, A:) or the last signifies he did so leisurely. (S, K.) You say, الرُّمَّانَ ↓ امتصّ, i. e. مَصَّهُ [ He sucked the pomegranate ]; and so of other things. (TA.) And مَصَّ الجَارِيَةَ He sucked the damsel's saliva from her mouth. (IAar, in L, art. مصد.) And مَصَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا (tropical:) He obtained a little of worldly goods. (TA.)