مسك

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
م س ك (m-s-k)

Verb[edit]

مَسَكَ (masaka) I, non-past يَمْسُكُ or يَمْسِكُ‎ (yamsuku or yamsiku)

  1. to grab, grasp, clutch, clasp, seize, take hold
  2. to hold
  3. to stick, cling, adhere, hang on
Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

مَسَّكَ (massaka) II, non-past يُمَسِّكُ‎ (yumassiku)

  1. to have someone seize or hold something
Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

مَسْك (maskm

  1. verbal noun of مَسَكَ (masaka) (form I)
  2. seizure, grip, hold
  3. keeping (bookkeeping, etc.)
Declension[edit]

Adjective[edit]

مُسُك (musuk) (feminine مُسُكَة (musuka), masculine plural مُسَكَة (musaka))

  1. grasping, greedy, avaricious
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *mašk-.

Noun[edit]

مَسْك (maskm (plural مُسُوك (musūk))

  1. recently cut hide of a new-born goat, scalp of a neonate
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Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠/, musk) (Persian مشک (mošk, musk)), from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, testicle, scrotum).

Noun[edit]

مِسْك (miskm or f

  1. musk
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Andalusian Arabic: مِسْك
  • Gulf Arabic: مسك (misk)
  • Northern Kurdish: misk
  • Turkish: misk, mis

Etymology 4[edit]

Denominal verb of مِسْك (misk, musk).

Verb[edit]

مَسَّكَ (massaka) II, non-past يُمَسِّكُ‎ (yumassiku)

  1. to scent with musk
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 5[edit]

Denominal verb of مُسْكَان (muskān, retainer, earnest money).

Verb[edit]

مَسَّكَ (massaka) II, non-past يُمَسِّكُ‎ (yumassiku)

  1. to pay retainer to
Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “مسك”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 179
  • الأعشى [al-ʾaʿšā] (a. 625) Geyer, Rudolf, editor, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6)‎[2] (in German), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, pages 91–92
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 264
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مسك”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1106
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مسك”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[4], London: W.H. Allen, page 1001
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “مسك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1065

Egyptian Arabic[edit]

Root
م س ك
1 term

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

مسك (misik) I (non-past يمسك (yimsik))

  1. (transitive) to take hold of, to grasp
  2. (transitive) to capture, to arrest

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
م س ك
2 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic مَسَكَ (masaka).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ma.sak/, [ˈma.sak]
  • IPA(key): /mi.sik/, [ˈmi.sɪk]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

مَسَك or مِسِك (masak or misik) I (present بمسك (bimsik), active participle ماسك (māsek))

  1. to grab
  2. to hold

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of مسك (masak)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m مسكت (masakt) مسكت (masakt) مسك (masak) مسكنا (masakna) مسكتو (masaktu) مسكو (masaku)
f مسكتي (masakti) مسكت (maskat)
present m بمسك (bamsik) بتمسك (btimsik) بمسك (bimsik) منمسك (mnimsik) بتمسكو (btimsiku) بمسكو (bimsiku)
f بتمسكي (btimsiki) بتمسك (btimsik)
subjunctive m أمسك (ʔamsik) تمسك (timsik) يمسك (yimsik) نمسك (nimsik) تمسكو (timsiku) يمسكو (yimsiku)
f تمسكي (timsiki) تمسك (timsik)
imperative m امسك (imsik) امسكو (imsiku)
f امسكي (imsiki)
    Conjugation of مسك (misik)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m مسكت (msikt) مسكت (msikt) مسك (misik) مسكنا (msikna) مسكتو (msiktu) مسكو (misku)
f مسكتي (msikti) مسكت (miskat)
present m بمسك (bamsik) بتمسك (btimsik) بمسك (bimsik) منمسك (mnimsik) بتمسكو (btimsiku) بمسكو (bimsiku)
f بتمسكي (btimsiki) بتمسك (btimsik)
subjunctive m أمسك (ʔamsik) تمسك (timsik) يمسك (yimsik) نمسك (nimsik) تمسكو (timsiku) يمسكو (yimsiku)
f تمسكي (timsiki) تمسك (timsik)
imperative m امسك (imsik) امسكو (imsiku)
f امسكي (imsiki)