# مسك
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* م س ك (m s k)
* 7 terms

#### Verb

مَسَكَ • (masaka) I (non-past يَمْسُكُ (yamsuku) or يَمْسِكُ (yamsiku), verbal noun مَسْك (mask))
* to grab, grasp, clutch, clasp, seize, take hold
* to hold
* to stick, cling, adhere, hang on

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

مَسَّكَ • (massaka) II (non-past يُمَسِّكُ (yumassiku), verbal noun تَمْسِيك (tamsīk))
* to have someone seize or hold something

##### Conjugation
#### Noun

مَسْك • (mask) m
* verbal noun of مَسَكَ (masaka) (form I)
* seizure, grip, hold
* keeping (bookkeeping, etc.)

##### Declension
#### Adjective

مُسُك • (musuk) (feminine مُسُكَة (musuka), masculine plural مُسَكَة (musaka))
* grasping, greedy, avaricious

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *mašk-.

#### Noun

مَسْك • (mask) m (plural مُسُوك (musūk))
* recently cut hide of a new-born goat, scalp of a neonate

##### Alternative forms

* مَسْكَة (maska)

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

مِسْك • (misk) m or f
* musk
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 82:25-26:يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقࣲ مَّخۡتُومٍ ۝ خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكࣱۚ […](please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Derived terms

* مِسْك الخِتَام (misk al-ḵitām)

##### Descendants

* Andalusian Arabic: مِسْك
** → Catalan: mesc, almesc
** → Spanish: almizcle
*** → Tagalog: almiskle
** → Portuguese: almíscar
* Gulf Arabic: مسك (misk)
* → Northern Kurdish: misk
* → Turkish: misk, mis

### Etymology 4

Denominal verb of مِسْك (misk, “musk”).

#### Verb

مَسَّكَ • (massaka) II (non-past يُمَسِّكُ (yumassiku), verbal noun تَمْسِيك (tamsīk))
* to scent with musk

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 5

Denominal verb of مُسْكَان (muskān, “retainer, earnest money”).

#### Verb

مَسَّكَ • (massaka) II (non-past يُمَسِّكُ (yumassiku), verbal noun تَمْسِيك (tamsīk))
* 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 (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 179
* الأعشى [al-ʾaʿšā] (a. 625) Geyer, Rudolf, editor, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6)‎ (in German), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, pages 91–92
* 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 (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C$^{ie}$, page 1106
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مسك”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, 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

## Egyptian Arabic

* Root
* م س ك
* 1 term

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mi.sik/

### Verb

مسك • (misik) I (non-past يمسك (yimsik), verbal noun مسك (mask) or مسكان (masakān), active participle ماسك (māsik), passive participle ممسوك (mamsūk))
* (transitive) to take hold of, to grasp
* (transitive) to capture, to arrest

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of مسك (form-I sound) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | مسكت (misikt) | مسكت (misikt) | مسك (misik) | مسكنا (misikna) | مسكتوا (misiktu) | مسكوا (misku) |
| past | f | مسكت (misikt) | مسكتي (misikti) | مسكت (miskit) | مسكنا (misikna) | مسكتوا (misiktu) | مسكوا (misku) |
| present subjunctive | m | امسك (amsak) | تمسك (timsak) | يمسك (yimsak) | نمسك (nimsak) | تمسكوا (timsaku) | يمسكوا (yimsaku) |
| present subjunctive | f | امسك (amsak) | تمسكي (timsaki) | تمسك (timsak) | نمسك (nimsak) | تمسكوا (timsaku) | يمسكوا (yimsaku) |
| present indicative | m | بمسك (bamsak) | بتمسك (bitimsak) | بيمسك (biyimsak) | بنمسك (binimsak) | بتمسكوا (bitimsaku) | بيمسكوا (biyimsaku) |
| present indicative | f | بمسك (bamsak) | بتمسكي (bitimsaki) | بتمسك (bitimsak) | بنمسك (binimsak) | بتمسكوا (bitimsaku) | بيمسكوا (biyimsaku) |
| future | m | حمسك (ḥamsak) | حتمسك (ḥatimsak) | حيمسك (ḥayimsak) | حنمسك (ḥanimsak) | حتمسكوا (ḥatimsaku) | حيمسكوا (ḥayimsaku) |
| future | f | حمسك (ḥamsak) | حتمسكي (ḥatimsaki) | حتمسك (ḥatimsak) | حنمسك (ḥanimsak) | حتمسكوا (ḥatimsaku) | حيمسكوا (ḥayimsaku) |
| imperative | m | | امسك (imsak) | | | امسكوا (imsaku) | |
| imperative | f | | امسكي (imsaki) | | | امسكوا (imsaku) | |

### References

* Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “م س ك”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 822
* Spiro, Socrates (1895) “مسك”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, pages 566-567

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* م س ك
* 2 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic مَسَكَ (masaka).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.sak/, [ˈma.sak]
* IPA: /mi.sik/, [ˈmi.sɪk]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

مَسَك or مِسِك • (masak or misik) I (present بمسك (bimsik), active participle ماسك (māsek))
* to grab
* to hold

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of مسك (masak) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | مسكت (masakt) | مسكت (masakt) | مسك (masak) | مسكنا (masakna) | مسكتو (masaktu) | مسكو (masaku) |
| past | f | مسكت (masakt) | مسكتي (masakti) | مسكت (maskat) | مسكنا (masakna) | مسكتو (masaktu) | مسكو (masaku) |
| present | m | بمسك (bamsik) | بتمسك (btimsik) | بمسك (bimsik) | منمسك (mnimsik) | بتمسكو (btimsiku) | بمسكو (bimsiku) |
| present | f | بمسك (bamsik) | بتمسكي (btimsiki) | بتمسك (btimsik) | منمسك (mnimsik) | بتمسكو (btimsiku) | بمسكو (bimsiku) |
| subjunctive | m | أمسك (ʔamsik) | تمسك (timsik) | يمسك (yimsik) | نمسك (nimsik) | تمسكو (timsiku) | يمسكو (yimsiku) |
| subjunctive | f | أمسك (ʔamsik) | تمسكي (timsiki) | تمسك (timsik) | نمسك (nimsik) | تمسكو (timsiku) | يمسكو (yimsiku) |
| imperative | m | | امسك (imsik) | | | امسكو (imsiku) | |
| imperative | f | | امسكي (imsiki) | | | امسكو (imsiku) | |
Conjugation of مسك (misik) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | مسكت (msikt) | مسكت (msikt) | مسك (misik) | مسكنا (msikna) | مسكتو (msiktu) | مسكو (misku) |
| past | f | مسكت (msikt) | مسكتي (msikti) | مسكت (miskat) | مسكنا (msikna) | مسكتو (msiktu) | مسكو (misku) |
| present | m | بمسك (bamsik) | بتمسك (btimsik) | بمسك (bimsik) | منمسك (mnimsik) | بتمسكو (btimsiku) | بمسكو (bimsiku) |
| present | f | بمسك (bamsik) | بتمسكي (btimsiki) | بتمسك (btimsik) | منمسك (mnimsik) | بتمسكو (btimsiku) | بمسكو (bimsiku) |
| subjunctive | m | أمسك (ʔamsik) | تمسك (timsik) | يمسك (yimsik) | نمسك (nimsik) | تمسكو (timsiku) | يمسكو (yimsiku) |
| subjunctive | f | أمسك (ʔamsik) | تمسكي (timsiki) | تمسك (timsik) | نمسك (nimsik) | تمسكو (timsiku) | يمسكو (yimsiku) |
| imperative | m | | امسك (imsik) | | | امسكو (imsiku) | |
| imperative | f | | امسكي (imsiki) | | | امسكو (imsiku) | |