تمسكن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

تمسكن (form I)

1. تَمْسُكْنَ (tamsukna) /tam.suk.na/: second-person feminine plural non-past active indicative/subjunctive/jussive of مَسَكَ (masaka)
2. تَمْسِكْنَ (tamsikna) /tam.sik.na/: second-person feminine plural non-past active indicative/subjunctive/jussive of مَسَكَ (masaka)
3. تُمْسَكْنَ (tumsakna) /tum.sak.na/: second-person feminine plural non-past passive indicative/subjunctive/jussive of مَسَكَ (masaka)

Etymology 2

Verb

تمسكن (form II)

1. تُمَسِّكْنَ (tumassikna) /tu.mas.sik.na/: second-person feminine plural non-past active indicative/subjunctive/jussive of مَسَّكَ (massaka)
2. تُمَسَّكْنَ (tumassakna) /tu.mas.sak.na/: second-person feminine plural non-past passive indicative/subjunctive/jussive of مَسَّكَ (massaka)

Etymology 3

Verb

تمسكن (form IV)

1. تُمْسِكْنَ (tumsikna) /tum.sik.na/: second-person feminine plural non-past active indicative/subjunctive/jussive of أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka)
2. تُمْسَكْنَ (tumsakna) /tum.sak.na/: second-person feminine plural non-past passive indicative/subjunctive/jussive of أَمْسَكَ (ʔamsaka)

Etymology 4

Verb

تَمَسَّكْنَ • (tamassakna) (form V) /ta.mas.sak.na/

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

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.