مسح

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root مسح (masḥa) primarily relates to the act of wiping, stroking, or passing something over a surface. It extends to meanings of measuring, sexual intercourse, cutting, and also refers to specific entities like the Messiah, the Antichrist, and certain types of land or objects.

Derived headwords

مَسَحَverb

1.
he wiped his headboth
he wiped his head
2.
he measured it (the land)both
he measured it (the land)

مسح برأسه — he wiped his head

مسحه بالسيف — he cut him with the sword

تَمَسَّحَverb

1.
he wiped himself with the earthboth
he wiped himself with the earth

وتمسح بالأرض — and he wiped himself on the ground

مَسَاحَةnoun

1.
areaboth
The extent or measurement of a surface, especially of land.
2.
measurementclassical
The act or result of measuring.

ومسح الأرض مساحة، أي ذرعها — and he measured the land, meaning he surveyed it

مَاسِحadjective

1.
having a bruised heelclassical
Describing a camel whose elbow joint has grazed and injured the camel's hump.

وإن لم يدمه قيل: به ماسح — and if it did not draw blood, it is said: it has a masih

المِسْحَاءnoun

1.
level groundclassical
Flat, level ground covered with small pebbles, devoid of vegetation.
2.
promiscuous womanclassical
A woman described as being loose or unchaste.

والمسحاء: الارض المستوية ذات حصى صغار لا نبات فيها — and al-masḥāʾ: the level ground with small pebbles and no vegetation

والمسحاء: المرأة الرسحاء — and al-masḥāʾ: the promiscuous woman

أَمْسَحadjective

1.
levelclassical
Describing a place that is flat and even.

ومكان أمسح — and a level place

مَسْحَةnoun

1.
he cut itboth
he cut it

وعلى فلان مسحة من جمال — and so-and-so has a touch of beauty

مَسَحَتْverb

1.
traveledclassical
The camels traveled for the day, covering a significant distance.

ومسحت الإبل يومها، أي سارت — and the camels traveled their day, meaning they journeyed

المَسِيحَةnoun

1.
lock of hairclassical
A single strand or lock of hair, specifically a dangling lock (dhawā'ib).
2.
bowclassical
A bow used for archery.

والمسيحة من الشعر: واحدة المسائح، وهي الذوائب — and al-masīḥah of hair: one of the masā'iḥ, which are the dangling locks

لها مسائح زور في مراكضها — it has false locks in its gallops

المَاسِحَةnoun

1.
hairdresserclassical
A woman who styles hair, a hairdresser or hairdresser's assistant.

والماسحة: الماشطة — and al-māsiḥah: the hairdresser

المَسِيحname

1.
Jesus, peace be upon himboth
Jesus, peace be upon him
2.
the lying Antichristboth
the lying Antichrist

والمسيح: عيسى عليه السلام — and al-Masīḥ: Jesus, peace be upon him

والمسيح الكذاب الدجال — and al-Masīḥ al-Kadhdhāb: the Antichrist

والمسيح: القطعة من الفضة — and al-Masīḥ: the piece of silver

والمسيح: العرق — and al-Masīḥ: the vein

المَسْحnoun

1.
sackclothboth
sackcloth

والمسح: البلاس، والجمع أمساح ومسوح — and al-masḥ: the coarse cloth, and its plural is amsāḥ and musūḥ

أَمْسَحadjective

1.
having one calf larger than the otherclassical
Describing a person whose one calf muscle is larger than the other.

والأمسح: الذي تصيب إحدى ربلتيه الأخرى — and al-amsḥ: he whose one calf muscle strikes the other

تَمَسَّحnoun

1.
he wiped himself with the earthboth
he wiped himself with the earth

تقول منه: مسح الرجل بالكسر مسحا — you say from it: the man struck his calves, masḥan

التِمْسَاحnoun

1.
a well-known aquatic animalboth
a well-known aquatic animal

والتمساح من دواب الماء معروف — and al-timsaḥ is a known water creature

Parallel reading

مسح برأسه

he wiped his head

وتمسح بالأرض

and he wiped himself on the ground

ومسح الأرض مساحة، أي ذرعها

and he measured the land, meaning he surveyed it

ومسح المرأة: جامعها

and he had intercourse with the woman

ومسحه بالسيف: قطعه

and he cut him with the sword

وإن لم يدمه قيل: به ماسح

and if it did not draw blood, it is said: it has a masih

والمسحاء: الارض المستوية ذات حصى صغار لا نبات فيها

and al-masḥāʾ: the level ground with small pebbles and no vegetation

ومكان أمسح

and a level place

وعلى فلان مسحة من جمال

and so-and-so has a touch of beauty

والمسحاء: المرأة الرسحاء

and al-masḥāʾ: the promiscuous woman

ومسحت الإبل يومها، أي سارت

and the camels traveled their day, meaning they journeyed

والمسيحة من الشعر: واحدة المسائح، وهي الذوائب

and al-masīḥah of hair: one of the masā'iḥ, which are the dangling locks

لها مسائح زور في مراكضها

it has false locks in its gallops

والمسيح: عيسى عليه السلام

and al-Masīḥ: Jesus, peace be upon him

والمسيح الكذاب الدجال

and al-Masīḥ al-Kadhdhāb: the Antichrist

والمسيح: القطعة من الفضة

and al-Masīḥ: the piece of silver

والعرق

and the vein

والمسح: البلاس، والجمع أمساح ومسوح

and al-masḥ: the coarse cloth, and its plural is amsāḥ and musūḥ

والأمسح: الذي تصيب إحدى ربلتيه الأخرى

and al-amsḥ: he whose one calf muscle strikes the other

والتمساح من دواب الماء معروف

and al-timsaḥ is a known water creature