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مصت

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of grasping, squeezing, or extracting something, often with the hand, from a cavity or internal organ. It extends to sexual intercourse and the manual extraction of contents from the womb or intestines.

Derived headwords

مَصَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to have sexual intercourseclassical

    A man had sexual intercourse with a woman.

  2. 2.
    to grasp and extractclassical

    To grasp the womb and extract its contents.

  3. 3.
    to clear out intestinesclassical

    To clear out the intestines with fingers to remove their contents.

مَصْتاًnoun
  1. 1.
    sexual intercourseclassical

    The act of sexual intercourse.

  2. 2.
    grasping and extractionclassical

    The act of grasping and extracting contents, especially from the womb or intestines.

المَصْتnoun
  1. 1.
    sexual intercourseclassical

    A variant pronunciation or usage for sexual intercourse.

  2. 2.
    manual extractionclassical

    The act of inserting a hand to extract contents from the womb or intestines.

المَصَدَnoun
  1. 1.
    sexual intercourseclassical

    A term for sexual intercourse, with 'مصت' being a variant.

Parallel reading

مصت الرجل المرأة مصتا: نكحها، كمصدها.
The man had sexual intercourse with the woman, meaning he penetrated her, like 'masadaha'.
فإذا جعلوا مكان السين صادا، جعلوا مكان الطاء تاء، وهو أن يدخل يده فيقبض على الرحم، فيمصت ما فيها مصتا.
And if they change the 'sin' to a 'sad', they change the 'ta' to a 'ta', which is to insert his hand and grasp the womb, and extract what is in it.
مصت الناقة مصتا: قبض على رحمها، وأدخل يده فاستخرج ماءها.
The she-camel was grasped: he grasped her womb and inserted his hand and extracted her fluid.
والمصت: خرط ما في المعي بالأصابع لإخراج ما فيه.
And 'al-masht' is to clear out what is in the intestine with fingers to remove its contents.