مصص

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of sucking or lapping, often with the tongue. It extends to related actions like rinsing, and metaphorically to concepts of purity or essence. It also includes derived terms for insults, a type of food, a disease, and a place name.

Derived headwords

مَصَّverb

1.
he sucks it, with a fatha, a suckingboth
he sucks it, with a fatha, a sucking

مصصت الشئ بالكسر أمصه مصا — I sucked the thing, sucking it with a sucking.

اِمْتَصَّverb

1.
to suck upboth
To absorb or draw in a substance, often completely.

وكذلك امتصصته — And likewise, I sucked it up.

تَمَصَّصَverb

1.
to suck leisurelyclassical
To suck something slowly or with prolonged effort, often implying enjoyment or thoroughness.

والتمصص: المص في مهلة — And at-tamassus: sucking with delay (leisurely).

أَمْصَصَverb

1.
to cause to suckclassical
To make someone or something suck a substance.

وأمصصته الشئ فمصه — And I made him suck the thing, so he sucked it.

مَصَّانnoun

1.
insult (male)classical
A derogatory term used as an insult, specifically for a male, implying he sucks from his mother.

وقولهم يا مصان — And their saying, 'O masan' (insult).

مَصَّانَةnoun

1.
insult (female)classical
A derogatory term used as an insult, specifically for a female, implying she sucks from her mother.

وللأنثى يا مصانة — And for the female, 'O masanah'.

مَصَّانadjective

1.
mean, ignobleclassical
Describing someone who is ignoble or base, specifically one who nurses sheep out of meanness.

ويقال أيضا: رجل مصان: إذا كان يرضع الغنم من لؤمه — And it is also said: a 'masan' man: if he nurses the sheep out of his meanness.

مَصْمَصَةnoun

1.
lapping with the tip of the tongueboth
The act of lapping or sucking with the tip of the tongue, distinguished from 'madmada' which uses the whole mouth.
2.
rinsingboth
The act of rinsing something, such as a container.

والمصمصة مثل المضمضة، إلا أنه بطرف اللسان — And al-masmasah is like al-madmadah, except it is with the tip of the tongue.

ويقال: مصمص إناءه، إذا غسله — And it is said: he 'masmasah' his container, if he washed it.

مَاصَّةnoun

1.
a land with thievesboth
a land with thieves

والماصة: داء يأخذ الصبى — And al-massah: a disease that affects the child.

مَصُوصnoun

1.
foodclassical
A type of food, with the common pronunciation having a dammah on the 'mim'.

والمصوص، بفتح الميم: طعام — And al-masus, with fatha on the mim: food.

مَصَاصnoun

1.
essence, quintessenceboth
The purest or most essential part of something; the best of a group.
2.
plantclassical
A type of plant.

والمصاص: خالص كل شئ — And al-masas: the pure essence of everything.

والمصاص أيضا: نبات — And al-masas also: a plant.

مُصَامِصadjective

1.
pure-bred (horse)classical
Describing a horse that is pure-bred or of excellent lineage in its color (e.g., ورد مصامص - a pure-bred reddish horse).

وفرس ورد مصامص، إذا كان خالصا في ذلك — And a reddish horse, musamsis, if it is pure in that regard.

مَصِيصَةname

1.
with a light pronunciation, a city in Syriaboth
with a light pronunciation, a city in Syria

ومصيصة: بلد بالشأم، ولا تقل مصيصة بالتشديد — And Masisah: a city in Sham, and do not say Masissah with shaddah.

Parallel reading

مصصت الشئ بالكسر أمصه مصا

I sucked the thing, sucking it with a sucking.

وكذلك امتصصته

And likewise, I sucked it up.

والتمصص: المص في مهلة

And at-tamassus: sucking with delay (leisurely).

وأمصصته الشئ فمصه

And I made him suck the thing, so he sucked it.

وقولهم يا مصان

And their saying, 'O masan' (insult).

وللأنثى يا مصانة

And for the female, 'O masanah'.

فإن تكن الموسى جرت فوق بظرها * فما خفضت إلا ومصان قاعد

If the razor ran over her clitoris, it did not cut anything except that a 'masan' was sitting (implying a base person).

ويقال أيضا: رجل مصان: إذا كان يرضع الغنم من لؤمه

And it is also said: a 'masan' man: if he nurses the sheep out of his meanness.

والمصمصة مثل المضمضة، إلا أنه بطرف اللسان

And al-masmasah is like al-madmadah, except it is with the tip of the tongue.

والمضمضة بالفم كله

And al-madmadah is with the whole mouth.

فرق ما بينهما شبيه بفرق ما بين القبضة والقبصة

The difference between them is similar to the difference between al-qabdah (a handful) and al-qabsah (a grasp).

كنا نتوضأ مما غيرت النار ونمصمص من اللبن ولا نمصمص من التمر

We used to perform ablution from what fire had changed, and we would lap milk, but not lap dates.

ويقال: مصمص إناءه، إذا غسله

And it is said: he 'masmasah' his container, if he washed it.

والماصة: داء يأخذ الصبى

And al-massah: a disease that affects the child.

والمصوص، بفتح الميم: طعام

And al-masus, with fatha on the mim: food.

والعامة تضمه

And the common people pronounce it with dammah.

وفلان مصاص قومه، إذا كان أخلصهم نسبا

And so-and-so is the 'masas' of his people, if he is the most noble of them by lineage.

يستوي فيه الواحد والاثنان والجمع والمؤنث

It is the same for the singular, dual, plural, and feminine.

وفرس ورد مصامص، إذا كان خالصا في ذلك

And a reddish horse, musamsis, if it is pure in that regard.

ومصيصة: بلد بالشأم، ولا تقل مصيصة بالتشديد

And Masisah: a city in Sham, and do not say Masissah with shaddah.