# مسح
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* م س ح (m s ḥ)
* 10 terms
Compare Ugaritic 𐎎𐎌𐎈 (mšḥ) and Hebrew מָשַׁח (mašáḥ, “to anoint”).

#### Verb

مَسَحَ • (masaḥa) I (non-past يَمْسَحُ (yamsaḥu), verbal noun مَسْح (masḥ))
* to stroke with the hand or similar, to wipe off, to sweep
* to anoint
* to smooth, to polish
* to wipe off, to wipe out, to cross off, to erase, to scrub, to flush
* (obsolete) to wear, to fatigate, to emaciate

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

مَسَحَ • (masaḥa) I (non-past يَمْسَحُ (yamsaḥu), verbal noun مَسْح (masḥ) or مِسَاحَة (misāḥa))
* to survey, to scan for proportions by going over, to clear through, to peragrate

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

مَسَّحَ • (massaḥa) II (non-past يُمَسِّحُ (yumassiḥu), verbal noun تَمْسِيح (tamsīḥ))
* (transitive) to wipe off, to anoint
* (transitive) to Christianize

##### Conjugation
#### Noun

مَسْح • (masḥ) m (plural مُسُوح (musūḥ))
* verbal noun of مَسَحَ (masaḥa)
* a survey

##### Declension
#### Noun

مِسْح • (misḥ) m (plural مُسُوح (musūḥ))
* main route

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

This could be taken as from the root م س ح (m-s-ḥ) above as for a wiping rag, however the cloths denoted by this word do not seem to have been adapted for such an employment, and their property of coarseness makes the term adverse to that root’s meanings for smoothness. Therefore a connection to Coptic ⲙⲟϫϩ (močh, “girdle of a soldier or monk”) or a related word is suggested.

#### Noun

مِسْح • (misḥ) m (plural مُسُوح (musūḥ))
* a coarse cloth, sackcloth, gunny, haircloth
** 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 35:55:وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا إِذَا قَدِمَ فَاطِمَةَ فَقَدِمَ مِنْ غَزَاةٍ لَهُ وَقَدْ عَلَّقَتْ مِسْحًا أَوْ سِتْرًا عَلَى بَابِهَا وَحَلَّتِ الْحَسَنَ وَالْحُسَيْنَ قُلْبَيْنِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ فَقَدِمَ فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ فَظَنَّتْ أَنَّ مَا مَنَعَهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ مَا رَأَى فَهَتَكَتِ السِّتْرَ وَفَكَّكَتِ الْقُلْبَيْنِ عَنِ الصَّبِيَّيْنِ وَقَطَعَتْهُ بَيْنَهُمَاwa-ʔawwalu man yadḵulu ʕalay-hā ʔiḏā qadima fāṭimata fa-qadima min ḡazātin la-hū wa-qad ʕallaqat misḥan ʔaw sitran ʕalā bābi-hā wa-ḥallati l-ḥasana wa-l-ḥusayna qulbayni min fiḍḍatin fa-qadima fa-lam yadḵul fa-ẓannat ʔanna mā manaʕa-hū ʔan yadḵula mā raʔā fa-hatakati s-sitra wa-fakkakati l-qulbayni ʕani ṣ-ṣabiyyayni wa-qaṭaʕathū bayna-humāThe first he visited on his return was Fāṭima, and he retourned from a raid and she had hung up a gunny or some drapery at her door, and bedecked al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn by using silver bracelets. So, when he arrived, he entered not. And she believed he was barred from entering by what he had seen, so she tore down the drapery, unfastened the bracelets from the boys and cut them off.
* cilice, haircloth

##### Declension
#### References

* Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1199
* Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1845) Dictionnaire détaillé des noms des vêtements chez les arabes‎ (in French), Amsterdam: Jean Müller, pages 405–407

## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* م س ح
* 2 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic مَسَح (masaḥ).

### Verb

مَسَح • (masaḥ) I (non-past يِمسَح (yimsaḥ))
* to wipe
* to erase (a board)

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of مسح (masaḥ) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | مسحت (masaḥt) | مسحت (masaḥt) | مسح (masaḥ) | مسحنا (masaḥna) | مسحتوا (masaḥtu) | مسحوا (masaḥu) |
| past | f | مسحت (masaḥt) | مسحتي (masaḥti) | مسحت (masaḥat) | مسحنا (masaḥna) | مسحتوا (masaḥtu) | مسحوا (masaḥu) |
| non-past | m | أمسح (ʔamsaḥ) | تمسح (timsaḥ) | يمسح (yimsaḥ) | نمسح (nimsaḥ) | تمسحوا (timsaḥu) | يمسحوا (yimsaḥu) |
| non-past | f | أمسح (ʔamsaḥ) | تمسحي (timsaḥi) | تمسح (timsaḥ) | نمسح (nimsaḥ) | تمسحوا (timsaḥu) | يمسحوا (yimsaḥu) |
| imperative | m | | امسح (amsaḥ) | | | امسحوا (amsaḥu) | |
| imperative | f | | امسحي (amsaḥi) | | | امسحوا (amsaḥu) | |

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* م س ح
* 2 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic مَسَحَ (masaḥa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.saħ/, [ˈma.saħ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

مسح • (masaḥ) I (present بمسح (bimsaḥ))
* to wipe, to mop

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of مسح (masaḥ) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | مسحت (masaḥt) | مسحت (masaḥt) | مسح (masaḥ) | مسحنا (masaḥna) | مسحتو (masaḥtu) | مسحو (masaḥu) |
| past | f | مسحت (masaḥt) | مسحتي (masaḥti) | مسحت (masḥat) | مسحنا (masaḥna) | مسحتو (masaḥtu) | مسحو (masaḥu) |
| present | m | بمسح (bamsaḥ) | بتمسح (btimsaḥ) | بمسح (bimsaḥ) | منمسح (mnimsaḥ) | بتمسحو (btimsaḥu) | بمسحو (bimsaḥu) |
| present | f | بمسح (bamsaḥ) | بتمسحي (btimsaḥi) | بتمسح (btimsaḥ) | منمسح (mnimsaḥ) | بتمسحو (btimsaḥu) | بمسحو (bimsaḥu) |
| subjunctive | m | أمسح (ʔamsaḥ) | تمسح (timsaḥ) | يمسح (yimsaḥ) | نمسح (nimsaḥ) | تمسحو (timsaḥu) | يمسحو (yimsaḥu) |
| subjunctive | f | أمسح (ʔamsaḥ) | تمسحي (timsaḥi) | تمسح (timsaḥ) | نمسح (nimsaḥ) | تمسحو (timsaḥu) | يمسحو (yimsaḥu) |
| imperative | m | | امسح (imsaḥ) | | | امسحو (imsaḥu) | |
| imperative | f | | امسحي (imsaḥi) | | | امسحو (imsaḥu) | |