مَسَحَ
Root: مسح
Form: 1
Full Definition
مَسَحَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ; and
مسّحهُ , inf. n تَمْسِيحٌ; He wiped a thing that was wet or dirty, with his hand, or passed his hand over it to remove the wet or dirt that was upon it: مَسْحٌ and تَمْسِيحٌ and
signifying the passing the hand over a thing that is flowing [with water or the like], or dirtied, soiled, or polluted, to remove the fluid or dirt, or soil or pollution; as when one wipes his head with his hand to remove water; and his forehead, to remove sweat. [It often signifies He stroked a thing with his hand; as, for instance, the Black Stone of the Kaabeh; see below.]
2 مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ المَآءِ; and جَبِينَهُ الرَّشَحِ; He wiped his head with his hand to remove the water that was upon it; and his forehead to remove the sweat.
3 مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ He wiped with his hand, or passed his hand closely over, his head, or a part thereof, without making any water to flow upon it: so in the Kur, v. 8; where it is said, فَٱغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْمَرَافِقِ وَٱمْسَحُوا بِرُؤُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْكَعْبَيْنِ: here أَرْجُلَكُمْ is in the acc. case as an adjunct to ايديكم; [i.e., as a third objective complement to the verb اغسلوا; not as an adjunct to رؤوسكم;] but some read أَرْجُلِكُمْ, putting it in the gen. case because of its proximity to رؤوسكم; [in like manner as خَرِبٍ is put in the gen. case in the phrase هٰذَا جُحْرُ ضَبٍّ خَرِبٍ, an ex. given by many of the grammarians, showing that this is allowable in prose,] notwithstanding that it is said, by Aboo-Is-hák the grammarian, that the putting a noun in the gen. case because of its proximity to a preceding noun in that case is not allowable except in poetry, when necessity requires it: the head, which is wiped, is mentioned between the arms and the feet, which are washed, to show the order which is to be observed in the purification. But مَسَحَ signifies both he wiped with the hand, and also he washed: so says IAth: and AZ and IKt say the like: you say مَسَحْتُ يَدَىَّ بالمَآءِ, meaning I washed my hands with water.
4 مَسَحَ شَيْئًا بِالمَآءِ He wiped a thing with his hand wetted with water; passed his hand, wetted with water, over a thing.
5 مَسَحَ البَيْت He compassed the House [of God, i.e. the Kaabeh: because he who does so passes his hand over the corner in which is the Black Stone].
6 مَسَحَ ٱللّٰهُ عَنْكَ مَا بِكَ May God remove that which is in thee! or, wash and cleanse thee from thy sins! (TA, art. مصح.) A prayer for a sick person.
7 مَسَحَهُ He anointed him or it with oil.
8 مُسِحَ بِالكَرَمِ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ,
9 مَسَحَ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ, He combed and dressed hair; syn. مَشَطَ.
10 مَسْحُ اللُّحِىَ [The stroking of the beards] was a sign of reconciliation. (S, O, in art. عق: see عَقُ بِالسَّهْمِ.)
11 مَسَحَهُ, or مَسَحَهُ بِالمَعْرُوفِ, i. e. بالمعروف مِنَ القَوْلِ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ; and مسّحهُ , Verbal.Noun تَمْسِيحٌ; He spoke to him good words, deceiving, or beguiling, him therein, and giving him nothing.
12 فُلَانٌ يَمْسَحُ رَأْسَ زَيْدٍ
13 مَسَحَ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ and تَمْسَاحٌ He lied; uttered what was false.
14 مَسَحَ فِى الأَرْضِ, Verbal.Noun مُسُوحٌ, He set forth journeying through the land, or earth: as also مَصَحَ.
15 مَسَحَهُمْ
16 مَسِحَ, [Present.T ـَ] Verbal.Noun مَسَحٌ, The inner sides of his thighs rubbed together, so as to become sore and chapped: or he had the inner side of his knee inflamed by the roughness of his garment.
17 مَسَحَ الإِبِلَ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ
18 مَسَحَتِ الإِبِلُ يَوْمَهَا
def.2 مَسَحَ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ and مِسَاحَةٌ, or the latter is a simple subst.,
def.3 مَسَحَ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ,
2 See 8.
3 Also مَسَحَهُمْ He slew them.
def.4 مَسَحَهُ, (Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ, K,) He created him blessed, and goodly:
2 and, contr., created him accursed, and foul, or ugly.
def.5 مَسَحَ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ,
2 مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ المَآءِ; and جَبِينَهُ الرَّشَحِ; He wiped his head with his hand to remove the water that was upon it; and his forehead to remove the sweat.
3 مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ He wiped with his hand, or passed his hand closely over, his head, or a part thereof, without making any water to flow upon it: so in the Kur, v. 8; where it is said, فَٱغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْمَرَافِقِ وَٱمْسَحُوا بِرُؤُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْكَعْبَيْنِ: here أَرْجُلَكُمْ is in the acc. case as an adjunct to ايديكم; [i.e., as a third objective complement to the verb اغسلوا; not as an adjunct to رؤوسكم;] but some read أَرْجُلِكُمْ, putting it in the gen. case because of its proximity to رؤوسكم; [in like manner as خَرِبٍ is put in the gen. case in the phrase هٰذَا جُحْرُ ضَبٍّ خَرِبٍ, an ex. given by many of the grammarians, showing that this is allowable in prose,] notwithstanding that it is said, by Aboo-Is-hák the grammarian, that the putting a noun in the gen. case because of its proximity to a preceding noun in that case is not allowable except in poetry, when necessity requires it: the head, which is wiped, is mentioned between the arms and the feet, which are washed, to show the order which is to be observed in the purification. But مَسَحَ signifies both he wiped with the hand, and also he washed: so says IAth: and AZ and IKt say the like: you say مَسَحْتُ يَدَىَّ بالمَآءِ, meaning I washed my hands with water.
4 مَسَحَ شَيْئًا بِالمَآءِ He wiped a thing with his hand wetted with water; passed his hand, wetted with water, over a thing.
5 مَسَحَ البَيْت He compassed the House [of God, i.e. the Kaabeh: because he who does so passes his hand over the corner in which is the Black Stone].
6 مَسَحَ ٱللّٰهُ عَنْكَ مَا بِكَ May God remove that which is in thee! or, wash and cleanse thee from thy sins! (TA, art. مصح.) A prayer for a sick person.
7 مَسَحَهُ He anointed him or it with oil.
8 مُسِحَ بِالكَرَمِ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ,
9 مَسَحَ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ, He combed and dressed hair; syn. مَشَطَ.
10 مَسْحُ اللُّحِىَ [The stroking of the beards] was a sign of reconciliation. (S, O, in art. عق: see عَقُ بِالسَّهْمِ.)
11 مَسَحَهُ, or مَسَحَهُ بِالمَعْرُوفِ, i. e. بالمعروف مِنَ القَوْلِ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ; and مسّحهُ , Verbal.Noun تَمْسِيحٌ; He spoke to him good words, deceiving, or beguiling, him therein, and giving him nothing.
12 فُلَانٌ يَمْسَحُ رَأْسَ زَيْدٍ
13 مَسَحَ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ and تَمْسَاحٌ He lied; uttered what was false.
14 مَسَحَ فِى الأَرْضِ, Verbal.Noun مُسُوحٌ, He set forth journeying through the land, or earth: as also مَصَحَ.
15 مَسَحَهُمْ
16 مَسِحَ, [Present.T ـَ] Verbal.Noun مَسَحٌ, The inner sides of his thighs rubbed together, so as to become sore and chapped: or he had the inner side of his knee inflamed by the roughness of his garment.
17 مَسَحَ الإِبِلَ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ
18 مَسَحَتِ الإِبِلُ يَوْمَهَا
def.2 مَسَحَ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ and مِسَاحَةٌ, or the latter is a simple subst.,
def.3 مَسَحَ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ,
2 See 8.
3 Also مَسَحَهُمْ He slew them.
def.4 مَسَحَهُ, (Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ, K,) He created him blessed, and goodly:
2 and, contr., created him accursed, and foul, or ugly.
def.5 مَسَحَ, Verbal.Noun مَسْحٌ,
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