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مسا

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of evening and night, contrasting with morning. It also extends to the act of reaching or entering the evening, and metaphorically to reaching a destination or a state. Additionally, it encompasses the idea of forceful action, particularly in relation to expelling something.

Derived headwords

المساءnoun
  1. 1.
    the opposite of morning, i.e., eveningboth

    the opposite of morning, i.e., evening

الإمساءnoun
  1. 1.
    the opposite of morning, i.e., eveningboth

    the opposite of morning, i.e., evening

أمسىverb
  1. 1.
    he entered the eveningboth

    he entered the evening

ممسىnoun
  1. 1.
    verbal noun and placeboth

    verbal noun and place

ممسىnoun
  1. 1.
    verbal noun and placeboth

    verbal noun and place

العشاءnoun
  1. 1.
    the time of sunsetboth

    the time of sunset

  2. 2.
    the meal itself, which is the opposite of breakfastboth

    the meal itself, which is the opposite of breakfast

  3. 3.
    like 'al-ashiyy'both

    like 'al-ashiyy'

المسيnoun
  1. 1.
    a noun from imsāʾboth

    a noun from imsāʾ

مسياناnoun
  1. 1.
    our eveningclassical

    A diminutive form referring to our evening time.

أمسيةnoun
  1. 1.
    eveningboth

    A specific evening or the time of evening.

مساهverb
  1. 1.
    to expelclassical

    To forcefully expel, particularly referring to the expulsion of semen or a fetus.

يمسيهverb
  1. 1.
    he expelsclassical

    He forcefully expels, particularly referring to the expulsion of semen or a fetus.

ماسٍnoun
  1. 1.
    he strutted, swaggeredboth

    he strutted, swaggered

مسيتverb
  1. 1.
    to attackclassical

    To attack forcefully, especially to expel offspring.

مسيت الناقةverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to expel the camel's fetusclassical

    To forcefully expel the offspring of a female camel.

Parallel reading

المساء: خلاف الصباح.
Evening: the opposite of morning.
والإمساء: نقيض الاصباح.
And evening is the opposite of becoming morning.
الحمد لله الذى ممسانا ومصبحنا * بالخير صبحنا ربى ومسانا
Praise be to Allah who made us reach the evening and the morning; my Lord made us reach the morning and the evening with goodness.
تضئ الظلام بالعشاء كأنها * منارة ممسى راهب متبتل
She illuminates the darkness in the evening as if she were the lamp of a secluded monk's evening dwelling.
يريد صومعته حيث يمسي فيها.
He means his cell where he spends the evening.
والمسي والصبح لا بقاء معه
And the evening and the morning, there is no permanence with them.
ويقال: أتيته لمسي خامسة بالضم، والكسر لغة.
And it is said: I came to him at the fifth hour of the evening (with dammah), and kasrah is a variant pronunciation.
أتيته مسيانا، وهو تصغير مساء.
I came to him at our evening time, and it is a diminutive of 'evening'.
وأتيته أصبوحة كل يوم، وأمسية كل يوم.
And I came to him every morning, and every evening.
وأتيته مسي أمس ومسي أمس، أي أمس عند المساء.
And I came to him yesterday evening and yesterday evening, meaning yesterday at the time of evening.
والمسي: إخراج النطفة من الرحم، على ما فسرناه في المسط.
And 'al-masi': is the expulsion of semen from the womb, as we explained in 'al-masṭ'.
يقال: مساه يمسيه.
It is said: he expels it, he expels it.
يسطو على أمك سطو الماسى
He attacks your mother with the attack of the attacker.
ومسيت الناقة، إذا سطوت عليها وأخرجت ولدها.
And you have 'masayta' the she-camel, if you attacked her and expelled her offspring.