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مَسْح
wiping /ˈmasħ/
nounB1#2279 most common
Also: survey, scan, anointing
Example sentences
هٰذا مَسْحٌ سَريع.
This is a quick wipe.
مَسْحُ الطّاوِلَةِ سَهْل.
Wiping the table is easy.
نَحتاجُ إلى مَسْحٍ ضَوئيٍّ لِلوَثيقَة.
We need a scan of the document.
قامَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ بِمَسْحٍ مَيدانيٍّ لِلمِنطَقَة.
The company carried out a field survey of the area.
مَسْحُ الرَّأسِ جُزءٌ مِنَ الوُضوء.
Wiping the head is part of the ablution.
أَظهَرَ المَسْحُ الجيولوجيُّ وُجودَ مِياهٍ جَوفيّةٍ تَحتَ السَّهل.
The geological survey revealed groundwater beneath the plain.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَسْحٌ | |
| Genitive | مَسْحٍ | |
| Accusative | مَسْحاً | |
| Vocative | يا مَسْحُ |
Word family
مَسَحَto wipe, survey, scan
مِساحَةarea, surveyingماسِحwiper, scanner, surveyor
مِمْسَحَةmop, doormat, wiper
المَسيحthe Messiah, Christ
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root م-س-ح (m-s-ḥ), meaning to wipe or rub over a surface. The same root gave the sense of anointing with oil, and from it Arabic forms المسيح (al-Masīḥ), the Messiah, the Anointed One. The modern senses of survey and scan grew from the idea of passing over a whole surface.
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