تمسكن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

تَمْسِكْنَ • (tamsikna) (form I)

1. second-person feminine plural non-past active indicative of مَسَكَ (masaka)
2. second-person feminine plural non-past active subjunctive of مَسَكَ (masaka)
3. second-person feminine plural non-past active jussive of مَسَكَ (masaka)

Verb

تَمْسُكْنَ • (tamsukna) (form I)

1. second-person feminine plural non-past active indicative of مَسَكَ (masaka)
2. second-person feminine plural non-past active subjunctive of مَسَكَ (masaka)
3. second-person feminine plural non-past active jussive of مَسَكَ (masaka)

Verb

تُمْسَكْنَ • (tumsakna) (form I)

1. second-person feminine plural non-past passive indicative of مَسَكَ (masaka)
2. second-person feminine plural non-past passive subjunctive of مَسَكَ (masaka)
3. second-person feminine plural non-past passive jussive of مَسَكَ (masaka)

Etymology 2

Verb

تُمَسِّكْنَ • (tumassikna) (form II)

1. second-person feminine plural non-past active indicative of مَسَّكَ (massaka)
2. second-person feminine plural non-past active subjunctive of مَسَّكَ (massaka)
3. second-person feminine plural non-past active jussive of مَسَّكَ (massaka)

Verb

تُمَسَّكْنَ • (tumassakna) (form II)

1. second-person feminine plural non-past passive indicative of مَسَّكَ (massaka)
2. second-person feminine plural non-past passive subjunctive of مَسَّكَ (massaka)
3. second-person feminine plural non-past passive jussive of مَسَّكَ (massaka)

Etymology 3

Verb

تُمْسِكْنَ • (tumsikna) (form IV)

1. second-person feminine plural non-past active indicative of أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka)
2. second-person feminine plural non-past active subjunctive of أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka)
3. second-person feminine plural non-past active jussive of أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka)

Verb

تُمْسَكْنَ • (tumsakna) (form IV)

1. second-person feminine plural non-past passive indicative of أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka)
2. second-person feminine plural non-past passive subjunctive of أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka)
3. second-person feminine plural non-past passive jussive of أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka)

Etymology 4

Verb

تَمَسَّكْنَ • (tamassakna) (form V)

1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of تَمَسَّكَ (tamassaka)
2. third-person feminine plural past active of تَمَسَّكَ (tamassaka)

Gulf Arabic

Root
م س ك ن
1 term

Etymology

Verbification of مسكين (miskīn, “needy, innocent, harmless”)

Verb

تَمَسْكَن • (tamaskan) (non-past يتمسكن (yitmaskan))

1. to pretend to be innocent despite not being so.