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مسء

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of asking, inquiring, and seeking. It also extends to meanings of corruption, mischief, and causing discord, as well as slowness, deception, and wearing out.

Derived headwords

مَسَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to askboth

    To inquire or seek information about something.

  2. 2.
    to corruptclassical

    To act corruptly or mischievously.

مَسَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to ride the middleclassical

    To ride in the middle or along the peak of a road.

مَسَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to sow discordclassical

    To incite discord or cause strife between people.

مَسَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to be slowclassical

    To be slow or delayed in action.

مَسَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to deceiveclassical

    To trick or deceive someone.

مَسَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to become accustomedclassical

    To become accustomed or practiced at something through repetition.

مَسَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to postponeclassical

    To postpone or delay someone's right.

مَسَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to breakclassical

    To break or crush something, like a pot.

مَسَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to softenclassical

    To soften or make pliable, as in softening a man with a certain tool.

تَمَسَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to become worn outclassical

    To become worn out or tattered, referring to a garment.

أَمْسَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to sow discordclassical

    To cause discord or mischief, used in the quadriliteral form.

المَاسِئadjective
  1. 1.
    mischievousclassical

    One who is mischievous, dissolute, or unrestrained.

مَسْءnoun
  1. 1.
    askingboth

    The act of asking or inquiring.

  2. 2.
    corruptionclassical

    The act of corrupting or causing mischief.

مَسْوَءًاnoun
  1. 1.
    corruptionclassical

    An act of corruption or mischief.

المَاسّadjective
  1. 1.
    unheedingclassical

    One who does not pay attention to anyone's advice or accept their word; unheeding.

Parallel reading

يمسأ بالفتح
He asks with the fatha.
ومسوءا بالضم إذا مجن
And 'musu'an' with the damma, if he is dissolute.
والماسيء: الماجن
And 'al-masi'' is the dissolute one.
مسأ الطريق: ركب وسطه أو متنه
He rode the middle of the road: he rode its middle or its peak.
مسأ بينهم: حرش وأفسد
He sowed discord between them: he incited and corrupted.
كأمسأ رباعيا
Like 'amsa' in the quadriliteral form.
مسأ فلان: أبطأ
So-and-so was slow: he was slow.
مسأ خدع
He deceived.
مسأ على الشيء مسأ إذا مرن عليه
He became accustomed to a thing, becoming accustomed if he practiced it.
مسأ حقه: أنسأه أي أخره
He postponed his right: he delayed it, meaning he put it off.
مسأ القدر: فثأها
He broke the pot: he crushed it.
مسأ الرجل بالقوحل: لينه
He softened the man with the tool: he made him soft.
وتمسأ الثوب إذا تفسأ
And the garment became worn out if it became tattered.
الماس، خفيف غير مهموز، وهو الذي لا يلتفت إلى موعظة أحد ولا يقبل قوله
Al-mas, light and un-hemzated, is he who does not turn to anyone's advice nor accept his word.
يقال رجل ماس، وما أمساه
It is said, 'A man is mas, and how unheeding he is.'