مص

Arabic

Etymology

From the root م ص ص (m-ṣ-ṣ). Cognate with Hebrew מָצַץ (matsáts).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masˤ.sˤa/

Verb

1. to suck, to sip up

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masˤsˤ/

Noun

مَصّ • (maṣṣ) m

1. verbal noun of مَصَّ (maṣṣa) (form I)
2. sucking, suction, sipping up

Declension

Declension of noun مَصّ (maṣṣ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَصّ maṣṣ	الْمَصّ al-maṣṣ	مَصّ maṣṣ
Nominative	مَصٌّ maṣṣun	الْمَصُّ al-maṣṣu	مَصُّ maṣṣu
Accusative	مَصًّا maṣṣan	الْمَصَّ al-maṣṣa	مَصَّ maṣṣa
Genitive	مَصٍّ maṣṣin	الْمَصِّ al-maṣṣi	مَصِّ maṣṣi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مص”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen