مسك

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See also: مشک and م س ك

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root م س ك (m-s-k).

Verb

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

Verb

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

  1. to have someone seize or hold something
Conjugation

Noun

مَسْك (maskm

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

Adjective

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

  1. grasping, greedy, avaricious
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *mašk-.

Noun

مَسْك (maskm (plural مُسُوك (musūk))

  1. recently cut hide of a new-born goat, scalp of a neonate
Declension
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

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

Noun

مِسْك (miskm or f

  1. musk
Declension
Descendants
  • Andalusian Arabic:
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  • Turkish: misk

Etymology 4

Template:ar-denominal verb from مِسْك (misk, musk).

Verb

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

  1. to scent with musk
Conjugation

Etymology 5

Template:ar-denominal verb from مُسْكَان (muskān, retainer, earnest money).

Verb

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

  1. to pay retainer to
Conjugation

References

  • 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
  • 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[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1106
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مسك”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[3], 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