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مَشّ
the sucking of marrow from a bone /ˈmaʃː/
nounB2#3722 most common
Also: wiping a bowl or plate clean (e.g. with bread), gnawing
Example sentences
الكلبُ يحبُّ مَشَّ العظامِ.
The dog loves gnawing the marrow out of bones.
مَشُّ العظمِ عادةٌ قديمةٌ عند بعضِ الأطفالِ.
Sucking the marrow from a bone is an old habit among some children.
سمعتُ صوتَ مَشِّه للعظمِ في الليلِ.
I heard the sound of his sucking on the bone at night.
بعدَ مَشِّ اللحمِ عن العظمِ، رمى الكلبُ بقيَّتَه.
After gnawing the meat off the bone, the dog threw away what was left.
لم يكنِ المَشُّ المتكرِّرُ للعظامِ مفيداً لأسنانِ الجروِ.
The repeated gnawing of bones was not good for the puppy's teeth.
في بعضِ الثقافاتِ، يُعَدُّ مَشُّ نُخاعِ العظامِ عادةً غذائيةً قديمةً تعودُ إلى عصورٍ ما قبل التاريخ.
In some cultures, sucking marrow from bones is considered an old dietary practice dating back to prehistoric times.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَشٌّ | |
| Genitive | مَشٍّ | |
| Accusative | مَشًّا | |
| Vocative | يا مَشًّا |
Word family
مَشَّto suck marrow from a bone; to wipe a dish clean
ماشّone who sucks or wipes clean (active participle)
مَمْشوشsucked dry; wiped clean (passive participle)
مَشَّةa single instance of sucking or wiping
Etymology
مَشّ is the verbal noun of the Arabic geminate verb مَشَّ, built on the triliteral root م-ش-ش, where the second and third radicals merge into one doubled consonant marked by a shadda. Classical dictionaries such as Lisan al-Arab record two closely related senses: sucking the marrow out of a bone, and wiping a bowl or plate clean, often with a piece of bread. Both senses share the core idea of working a surface or cavity until nothing usable remains on or in it. As a Semitic root, it has no Indo-European origin.
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