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
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
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