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مَصاصَة
drinking straw /mɑsˤˈsˤɑːsˤɑ/
nounB2#4324 most common
Also: lollipop, pacifier (baby's dummy)
Example sentences
هذِهِ مَصّاصَةٌ.
This is a straw.
أُريدُ مَصّاصَةً مِن فَضلِك.
I want a straw, please.
اِشتَرَتِ الفَتاةُ مَصّاصَةً حَمراءَ مِنَ الدُكّانِ.
The girl bought a red lollipop from the shop.
يَبكي الطِفلُ عِندَما تَسقُطُ مَصّاصَتُهُ.
The baby cries when his pacifier falls.
طَلَبَ النادِلُ مِنّا عَدَمَ اِستِخدامِ المَصّاصاتِ البِلاستيكِيَّةِ حِفاظاً عَلى البيئَةِ.
The waiter asked us not to use plastic straws, to protect the environment.
تُحَذِّرُ المُنَظَّماتُ البيئِيَّةُ مِن أَنَّ المَصّاصاتِ البِلاستيكِيَّةَ تُهَدِّدُ الحَياةَ البَحرِيَّةَ عَلى نِطاقٍ واسِع.
Environmental organizations warn that plastic straws threaten marine life on a wide scale.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَصَّاصَةٌ | مَصَّاصَاتٌ |
| Genitive | مَصَّاصَةٍ | مَصَّاصَاتٍ |
| Accusative | مَصَّاصَةً | مَصَّاصَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مَصَّاصَةُ | يا مَصَّاصَاتُ |
Word family
مَصّ (maṣṣ)sucking, the act of sucking
يَمُصّ (yamuṣṣu)he sucks
مَصّاص (maṣṣāṣ)one who sucks; sucker
مَصّاص دِماء (maṣṣāṣ dimāʾ)bloodsucker, vampire
مِمْصَص (mimṣaṣ)dialectal word for pacifier or straw
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root م-ص-ص (m-ṣ-ṣ), meaning to suck. The doubled middle consonant gives an intensive sense, and the فَعّالة pattern turns that sense into a noun for a tool or object used for the action. So مَصّاصَة literally names a thing built for sucking, whether that is a straw, a lollipop, or a pacifier.
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