Learn Arabic › B1 › مَصّاص
مَصّاص
sucker (one who sucks); bloodsucker /maˈsˤːaːsˤ/
nounB1#1624 most common
Also: vampire (in the phrase مصّاص دماء), parasite, exploiter (figurative)
Example sentences
هذا مصّاص دماء.
This is a vampire (a bloodsucker).
المصّاص يشرب الدم.
The bloodsucker drinks blood.
يخاف الأطفال من مصّاص الدماء في القصة.
The children are afraid of the vampire in the story.
وصفوا المرابي بأنّه مصّاص لأموال الناس.
They described the usurer as a sucker of people's money.
في أفلام الرعب، لا يستطيع المصّاص أن يخرج تحت ضوء الشمس.
In horror films, the vampire cannot go out under the sunlight.
اعتبر الكاتب الاستعمار مصّاصاً لثروات الشعوب المستضعفة، لا يرتوي أبداً.
The writer regarded colonialism as a sucker of the wealth of the oppressed peoples, never quenched.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَصّاصٌ | مَصّاصونَ |
| Genitive | مَصّاصٍ | مَصّاصينَ |
| Accusative | مَصّاصاً | مَصّاصينَ |
| Vocative | يا مَصّاصُ | يا مَصّاصونَ |
Word family
مَصّ (maṣṣa)to suck
مَصّاصة (maṣṣāṣa)straw; lollipop; pacifier
امتِصاص (imtiṣāṣ)absorption
ماصّ (māṣṣ)sucking; absorbent
مَمصوص (mamṣūṣ)sucked
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root m-ṣ-ṣ, meaning to suck. It sits on the intensive agent pattern faʿʿāl, which marks a habitual or vigorous doer. So a مصّاص is one who sucks hard or often. The same pattern names trades and traits in Arabic.
Learn Arabic the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free