messa

See also: Messa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse messa, from Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛsːa]
• Rhymes: -ɛsːa

Noun

messa f (genitive singular messu, plural messur)

1. (religion, church) mass, service
2. (religion, church) holiday
3. (nautical) mess

Declension

Declension of messa
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	messa	messan	messur	messurnar
accusative	messu	messuna	messur	messurnar
dative	messu	messuni	messum	messunum
genitive	messu	messunnar	messa	messanna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse messa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsːa/
• Rhymes: -ɛsːa

Noun

messa f (genitive singular messu, nominative plural messur)

1. mass (church service in which the Eucharist is celebrated)

See also

• guðsþjónusta

Verb

messa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative messaði, supine messað)

1. to mass (celebrate mass)

Conjugation

messa — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að messa
supine (sagnbót)		messað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		messandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég messa	við messum	present (nútíð)	ég messi	við messum
	þú messar	þið messið		þú messir	þið messið
	hann, hún, það messar	þeir, þær, þau messa		hann, hún, það messi	þeir, þær, þau messi
past (þátíð)	ég messaði	við messuðum	past (þátíð)	ég messaði	við messuðum
	þú messaðir	þið messuðuð		þú messaðir	þið messuðuð
	hann, hún, það messaði	þeir, þær, þau messuðu		hann, hún, það messaði	þeir, þær, þau messuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	messa (þú)	messið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	messaðu	messiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmes.sa/
• Rhymes: -essa
• Hyphenation: més‧sa

Etymology 1

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

Noun

messa f (plural messe) (often capitalized)

1. mass (in religion)

Related terms

• messa di Mezzanotte

Etymology 2

Noun

messa f (plural messe)

1. setting, putting, laying
2. (agriculture) sprout, shoot, bud

Derived terms

Derived terms

• messa a dimora
• messa a fuoco
• messa a terra
• messa in onda

• messa in opera
• messa in orbita
• messa in piega
• messa in scena / messinscena

Verb

messa

1. feminine singular of the past participle of mettere

Anagrams

• masse

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of noun) messen
• (of verb) messet

Noun

messa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of messe

Verb

messa

1. inflection of messe:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

messa f

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of messe

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʲesa]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *missos, from Proto-Indo-European *mey-. Akin to mí-.

Adjective

messa

1. comparative degree of olc: worse

Descendants

• Irish: measa
• Scottish Gaelic: miosa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

1. genitive singular/dual of mess

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
messa also mmessa after a proclitic ending in a vowel	messa pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Latin missa.

Noun

messa f (genitive messu, plural messur)

1. mass, church service

Declension

  Declension of messa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	messa	messan	messur	messurnar
accusative	messu	messuna	messur	messurnar
dative	messu	messunni	messum	messunum
genitive	messu	messunnar	messna	messnanna

Derived terms

• allraheilagramessa f (“Allhallow-mass”)
• allraheilagramessudagr m (“All Saints' day”)
• biskupsmessa f (“a mass celebrated by a bishop”)
• brúðmessa f (“marriage service”)
• dagmessa f (“daymass”)
• formessa f (“matins”)
• hámessa f (“highmass”)
• Jakobsmessa f (“St James' mass”)
• messudagr m (“mass-day, feast-day”)
• messudjákn m (“deacon, clerk”)
• messuembætti n (“office of the mass, divine service”)
• messufǫt n pl (“vestments”)
• messuklæði n pl (“vestments”)
• messumál n (“mass time”)
• messuserkr m (“surplice”)
• messuskrúði m (“vestments”)
• messusloppr m (“surplice”)

 

Descendants

• Icelandic: messa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: messe
• Swedish mässa c

Verb

messa (singular past indicative messaði, plural past indicative messuðu, past participle messaðr)

1. to say mass

Conjugation

Conjugation of messa — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	messa
present participle	messandi
past participle	messaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	messa	messaða
2nd-person singular	messar	messaðir
3rd-person singular	messar	messaði
1st-person plural	messum	messuðum
2nd-person plural	messið	messuðuð
3rd-person plural	messa	messuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	messa	messaða
2nd-person singular	messir	messaðir
3rd-person singular	messi	messaði
1st-person plural	messim	messaðim
2nd-person plural	messið	messaðið
3rd-person plural	messi	messaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	messa
1st-person plural	messum
2nd-person plural	messið

Conjugation of messa — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	messask
present participle	messandisk
past participle	messazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	messumk	messuðumk
2nd-person singular	messask	messaðisk
3rd-person singular	messask	messaðisk
1st-person plural	messumsk	messuðumsk
2nd-person plural	messizk	messuðuzk
3rd-person plural	messask	messuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	messumk	messuðumk
2nd-person singular	messisk	messaðisk
3rd-person singular	messisk	messaðisk
1st-person plural	messimsk	messaðimsk
2nd-person plural	messizk	messaðizk
3rd-person plural	messisk	messaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	messask
1st-person plural	messumsk
2nd-person plural	messizk

References

• “messa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• messa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “messa”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “messa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “messa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Swedish

Etymology

mess +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• Homophone: mässa

Verb

messa (present messar, preterite messade, supine messat, imperative messa)

1. (colloquial) to send an SMS message, to text

   Synonym: a (Skolt Sami)

Conjugation

Conjugation of messa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	messa		messas
Supine	messat		messats
Imperative	messa		—
Imper. plural1	messen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	messar	messade	messas	messades
Ind. plural1	messa	messade	messas	messades
Subjunctive2	messe	messade	messes	messades
	Participles
Present participle	messande
Past participle	messad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• messa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• messa in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

• sames