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مَصَّانٌ

Root: مص

Full Definition

مَصَّانٌ A cupper; because he sucks; and so مَصَّاصٌ : (K, voce حَجَّامٌ, which is its syn.:) fem. of the former with ة.
2 A man who sucks his ewes or she-goats; by reason of his meanness, or ungenerousness: i. e. who sucks from their udders with his mouth; lest the sound of the milking should be heard; as also, ; and so مَلْحَانُ and مَكَّانُ. [But in the TA it is written مَصَّانُ, without tenween; and so in two copies of the S.])
3 يَا مَصَّانُ, [said to a man,] and يَا مَصَّانَةُ, to a female, denote vituperation, meaning O sucker (مَاصّ S, K) of such a thing, i. e. of the بَظْر [q. v.], of thy mother: or the meaning is O sucker (رَاضِع) of the ewes or she-goats: ISk says, you should not say يَا مَاصَّانُ : but Ibn-'Abbád says, one says وَيْلِى عَلَى مَاصَّانِ بْنِ مَاصَّانٍ, and مَاصَّانَةَ بْنِ , meaning [Alas for me, on account of] the mean, or ungenerous, the son of the mean, or ungenerous!


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