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المسك

Root entry · 44 derived lemmas

The root 'مسك' primarily relates to holding, grasping, retaining, and stopping. It extends to concepts of restraint, firmness, and preservation, encompassing physical actions, abstract qualities like stinginess, and even botanical terms and proper names.

Derived headwords

المِسْكnoun
  1. 1.
    Musk (perfume)both

    A fragrant substance secreted by the musk deer, used in perfumery. It is also described as a type of perfume or a piece of it.

  2. 2.
    Skin (of a lamb)classical

    Refers to the skin, specifically that of a young goat or lamb.

مَسُوكnoun
  1. 1.
    Skins (plural)classical

    Plural of 'مسك', referring to skins, particularly of young animals.

وهم في مسوك الثعالب — They are in the skins of foxes (meaning: terrified)
بَهَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Piece of muskclassical

    A piece or portion of musk.

  2. 2.
    Bracelets/ankletsclassical

    Bracelets and anklets made from horns or ivory.

مَسْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Piece of muskboth

    A piece or portion of musk.

  2. 2.
    Grip/holdboth

    That which is held onto or used for grasping.

  3. 3.
    Sustenanceclassical

    What sustains the body from food and drink, or what is taken as provision from them.

  4. 4.
    Stinginessclassical

    Stinginess or avarice.

مِسْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Stinginessclassical

    Stinginess or avarice.

مُقَوٍّ لِلْقَلْبadjective
  1. 1.
    Heart-strengtheningclassical

    Strengthening for the heart.

مقو للقلب — Strengthening for the heart
مُشَجِّع لِلسَّوْدَاوِيِّينَadjective
  1. 1.
    Encouraging for melancholicsclassical

    Encouraging for those with a melancholic temperament.

مشجع للسوداويين — Encouraging for melancholics
نَافِع لِلْخَفَقَانadjective
  1. 1.
    Beneficial for palpitationsclassical

    Beneficial for heart palpitations.

نافع للخفقان — Beneficial for palpitations
باهِيadjective
  1. 1.
    Fragrantclassical

    Fragrant, perfumed.

مُمْسِكadjective
  1. 1.
    Retentiveboth

    That which holds or retains.

  2. 2.
    Constipatingclassical

    Having a constipating effect.

  3. 3.
    Holding waterclassical

    A place that retains water.

دواء ممسك — A constipating medicine
الموضع يمسك الماء، كالمساك — The place that holds water, like 'misak'.
مَسَّكَverb
  1. 1.
    To perfumeclassical

    To perfume something with musk.

مسكه تمسيكا: طيبه به — He perfumed it with it (musk).
تَمْسِيكnoun
  1. 1.
    Perfumingclassical

    The act of perfuming with musk.

مسكه تمسيكا: طيبه به — He perfumed it with it (musk).
مِسْكَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Down paymentclassical

    A down payment or earnest money given as a pledge.

أعطاه مسكاناً، بالضم: للعربون — He gave him 'miskan' (with damma): as a down payment.
مِسْك البَرّnoun
  1. 1.
    Wild musk plantclassical

    A type of plant known as wild musk.

مسك البر — Wild musk
مِسْك الجِنّnoun
  1. 1.
    Jinn's musk plantclassical

    A type of plant known as jinn's musk.

مسك الجن — Jinn's musk
مَسَكَverb
  1. 1.
    To holdboth

    To grasp, hold, or seize.

  2. 2.
    To retainboth

    To keep, retain, or hold back.

  3. 3.
    To stopboth

    To cease, stop, or refrain.

مسك به، وأمسك وتماسك وتمسك واستمسك ومسك: احتبس، واعتصم به — He held onto it, and held, and held firm, and clung, and sought to hold: he restrained himself, and clung to it.
احْتَبَسَverb
  1. 1.
    To restrain oneselfboth

    To hold oneself back, to restrain.

مسك به، وأمسك وتماسك وتمسك واستمسك ومسك: احتبس، واعتصم به — He held onto it, and held, and held firm, and clung, and sought to hold: he restrained himself, and clung to it.
اعْتَصَمَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    To cling toboth

    To hold fast to, to cling to.

مسك به، وأمسك وتماسك وتمسك واستمسك ومسك: احتبس، واعتصم به — He held onto it, and held, and held firm, and clung, and sought to hold: he restrained himself, and clung to it.
تَمَاسَكَverb
  1. 1.
    To hold firmboth

    To hold oneself together, to be firm, to persevere.

مسك به، وأمسك وتماسك وتمسك واستمسك ومسك: احتبس، واعتصم به — He held onto it, and held, and held firm, and clung, and sought to hold: he restrained himself, and clung to it.
تَمَسَّكَverb
  1. 1.
    To cling toboth

    To hold onto, to cling to, to adhere to.

مسك به، وأمسك وتماسك وتمسك واستمسك ومسك: احتبس، واعتصم به — He held onto it, and held, and held firm, and clung, and sought to hold: he restrained himself, and clung to it.
اسْتَمْسَكَverb
  1. 1.
    To seek to holdboth

    To try to hold onto, to grasp firmly.

مسك به، وأمسك وتماسك وتمسك واستمسك ومسك: احتبس، واعتصم به — He held onto it, and held, and held firm, and clung, and sought to hold: he restrained himself, and clung to it.
المِسْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    What is heldboth

    That which is held onto or grasped.

  2. 2.
    Sustenanceclassical

    What sustains the body from food and drink, or what is taken as provision from them.

  3. 3.
    Abundant intellectclassical

    Abundant intellect or understanding.

  4. 4.
    Stinginessclassical

    Stinginess or avarice.

المُسِيكnoun
  1. 1.
    Abundant intellectclassical

    Abundant intellect or understanding.

المَاسِكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Pellicle (on infant)classical

    A thin skin or pellicle on the face of a child or foal.

المَكَانُ الصُّلْبُnoun
  1. 1.
    Hard spot in a wellclassical

    A hard spot encountered when digging a well, or a well that is firm and requires no lining.

رَجُلٌ مِسِيكadjective
  1. 1.
    Stingy manclassical

    A stingy or avaricious man.

مِسِيكadjective
  1. 1.
    Stingyclassical

    Stingy or avaricious.

إِمْسَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    Stinginessclassical

    Stinginess or avarice.

مَسِيكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Stinginessclassical

    Stinginess or avarice.

مُمْسِكَةadjective
  1. 1.
    White-legged (horse)classical

    A horse whose leg has white markings.

  2. 2.
    Non-white-legged (horse)classical

    A horse whose leg does not have white markings.

أَمْسَكَverb
  1. 1.
    To holdboth

    To seize, hold, or detain.

  2. 2.
    To keep silentboth

    To refrain from speaking, to be silent.

أمسكه: حبسه — He held him: he detained him.
وأمسك عن الكلام: سكت — And he refrained from speaking: he was silent.
المَسَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    Place holding waterclassical

    A place that retains water.

الموضع يمسك الماء، كالمساك — The place that holds water, like 'misak'.
مِسْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    One who cannot be releasedclassical

    Someone who, once they grasp something, cannot be made to let it go.

سِقَاءٌ مِسِيكadjective
  1. 1.
    Water-retaining waterskinclassical

    A waterskin that holds a lot of water.

سقاء مسيك، كسكيت: كثير الأخذ للماء — A 'misik' waterskin (like 'sukayt'): takes a lot of water.
مَسَكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Stinginessclassical

    Stinginess or avarice.

مَسْكُوَيهname
  1. 1.
    Proper nameclassical

    A proper name, like Sibawayh.

مسكويه، بالكسر، كسيبويه: علم — 'Maskuyah', with kasra, like 'Sibawayh': a proper name.
مَاسْكَانname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A region in Makran.

ماسكان: ناحية بمكران — 'Maskan': a region in Makran.
فَرْوَةُ بْنِ مَسِيكname
  1. 1.
    Companion's nameclassical

    The name of a companion (Sahabi).

فروة بن مسيك، كزبير: صحابي — 'Furwah ibn Musayk', like 'Zubayr': a companion.
مِسْكَانname
  1. 1.
    Name of a Shi'a elderclassical

    The name of an elder among the Shi'a, named Abdullah.

مسكان، بالضم: شيخ للشيعة اسمه عبد الله — 'Miskan', with damma: an elder of the Shi'a named Abdullah.
مَاسِكَةُ رَحِمٍphrase
  1. 1.
    Close blood relationclassical

    A strong bond of kinship.

بيننا ماسكة رحم: واشجة رحم — Between us is a 'maskat rahim': a close blood relation.
حَسَكَةٌ مَسَكَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Braveclassical

    Brave, courageous.

وهو حسكة مسكة، محركتين: شجاع — He is 'hasakah masakah' (with vowels moved): brave.
أَرْضٌ مِسِيكَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Water-retaining landclassical

    Land that does not dry out easily due to its firmness and ability to retain water.

أرض مسيكة، كسفينة: لا تنشف الماء صلابة — A 'misikah' land (like 'safinah'): does not dry out easily due to its firmness.
مَسَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    Good resourceclassical

    A good resource or refuge to return to.

وما فيه مساك، ككتاب — And in it is 'masak' (like 'kitab'): a good resource.
مَسْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Good resourceclassical

    A good resource or refuge to return to.

ومسكة، بالضم، وكأمير: خير يرجع إليه — And 'maskah' (with damma, and like 'amir'): a good resource to return to.

Parallel reading

المسك: الجلد، أو خاص بالسخلة، ج: مسوك، وبهاء: القطعة منه.
Musk: the skin, or specific to a young goat; plural: masuk; and bahā': a piece of it.
وهم في مسوك الثعالب، أي: مذعورون
And they are in the skins of foxes, meaning: terrified.
وبالتحريك: الذبل والأسورة والخلاخيل من القرون والعاج، الواحد: بهاء
And with harakah: bracelets and anklets made from horns and ivory, the singular is: bahā'.
وبالكسر: طيب م، والقطعة منه: مسكة، ج: كعنب، مقو للقلب، مشجع للسوداويين، نافع للخفقان والرياح الغليظة في الأمعاء والسموم والسدد، باهي
And with kasr: a perfume, and a piece of it is: maskah, plural like 'unnub: strengthening for the heart, encouraging for melancholics, beneficial for palpitations, thick winds in the intestines, poisons, and blockages, fragrant.
وإذا طلي رأس الإحليل بمدوفه بدهن خيري كان غريبا
And if the tip of the urethra was smeared with its powder mixed with castor oil, it was strange.
ودواء ممسك: خلط به.
And a constipating medicine: it was mixed with it.
ومسكه تمسيكا: طيبه به.
And he perfumed it with it (musk) with perfuming: he made it fragrant with it.
وأعطاه مسكانا، بالضم: للعربون.
And he gave him miskan, with damma: as a down payment.
ومسك به، وأمسك وتماسك وتمسك واستمسك ومسك: احتبس، واعتصم به.
And he held onto it, and held, and held firm, and clung, and sought to hold: he restrained himself, and clung to it.
والمسكة، بالضم: ما يتمسك به، وما يمسك الأبدان من الغذاء والشراب، أو ما يتبلغ به منهما، والعقل الوافر، كالمسيك فيهما، ج: كصرد
And al-maskah, with damma: what is held onto, and what sustains the bodies from food and drink, or what is taken as provision from them, and abundant intellect, like al-masik in both, plural like 'asārid.
وبالتحريك: قشرة على وجه الصبي أو المهر، كالماسكة، والمكان الصلب في بئر تحفرها، أو البئر الصلبة التي لا تحتاج إلى طي، ويضم فيهما.
And with harakah: a pellicle on the face of a child or foal, like al-masikah, and the hard spot in a well you dig, or the firm well that needs no lining, and both are with damma.
ورجل مسيك، كأمير وسكيت وهمزة وعنق: بخيل.
And a misik man, like amir, sukayt, hamzah, and 'unuq: stingy.
وفيه إمساك ومسكة بالضم وبضمتين، وكسحاب وسحابة وكتاب وكتابة: بخل.
And in it is imsak and maskah with damma and two dammahs, and like suhab, suhabah, kitab, and kitabah: stinginess.
وكل قائمة من الفرس فيها بياض، فهي ممسكة، كمكرمة، لأنها أمسكت على البياض، وقيل: هي أن لا يكون فيها بياض.
And every leg of a horse that has white on it, it is mimsakah, like mukramah, because it held onto the white, and it was said: it is that there is no white on it.
وأمسكه: حبسه، و عن الكلام: سكت.
And he held him: he detained him, and from speaking: he was silent.
والمسك، محركة: الموضع يمسك الماء، كالمساك، كسحاب وأمير.
And al-misk, with harakah: the place that holds water, like al-misak, like suhab and amir.
وكصرد: جمع مسكة، كهمزة: لمن إذا أمسك الشيء لم يقدر على تخليصه منه.
And like 'asārid: plural of maskah, like hamzah: for one who, if he grasps something, cannot be made to release it.
وسقاء مسيك، كسكيت: كثير الأخذ للماء، وقد مسك مساكة.
And a misik waterskin, like sukayt: takes a lot of water, and he had masakah.
ومسكويه، بالكسر، كسيبويه: علم.
And Maskuyah, with kasr, like Sibawayh: a proper name.
ماسكان: ناحية بمكران.
Maskan: a region in Makran.
وفروة بن مسيك، كزبير: صحابي.
Furwah ibn Musayk, like Zubayr: a companion.
ومسكان، بالضم: شيخ للشيعة اسمه عبد الله.
And Miskan, with damma: an elder of the Shi'a named Abdullah.
وبيننا ماسكة رحم: واشجة رحم.
And between us is a maskat rahim: a close blood relation.
وهو حسكة مسكة، محركتين: شجاع.
And he is hasakah masakah, with harakah on both: brave.
وأرض مسيكة، كسفينة: لا تنشف الماء صلابة.
And a misikah land, like safinah: does not dry out easily due to its firmness.
وما فيه مساك، ككتاب، ومسكة، بالضم، وكأمير: خير يرجع إليه.
And in it is masak, like kitab, and maskah, with damma, and like amir: a good resource to return to.