مسك

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 (mask) m

  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 Middle Persian mwšk' (mušk, musk) (Persian مشک (mošk, musk)), from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, testicle, scrotum).

Noun

مِسْك (misk) m or f

  1. musk
Declension
Descendants
  • Andalusian Arabic:
    • Catalan: almesc
    • → Spanish: almizcle
      • Tagalog: almiskle
    • Portuguese: almíscar
  • Kurdish: misk
  • Turkish: misk

Etymology 3

Denominal verb from مِسْك (misk, musk).

Verb

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

  1. to scent with musk
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 (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
  • 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
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