Form 1يُمْسِكُ الرَّمَقَ1 sense
Core sense — it barely keeps the remnant of lifegenerated
1.1
See art. رمق.
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: see art. رمق .
مسك
Form 2مَسَّكَ بِالنَّارِ1 sense
Core sense — he held on to the firegenerated
2.1
See ثقّب.
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2
7:170
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُمَسِّكُونَ بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَAs to those who hold fast by the Book and establish regular prayer,- never shall We suffer the reward of the righteous to perish.
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: see ثقّب .
Form 4أَمْسَكَ8 senses · 1 main
Core sense — he held it, he withheld it, he refrained from itgenerated
4.1
He retained. He withheld.
4.1.1
He maintained. He was tenacious, or niggardly.
4.1.2
He, or it, held a thing fast, and stopped it.
4.1.3he held him back, detained him, confined him, or imprisoned him—أَمْسَكَهُ
4.1.4he refrained, or abstained, from the thing—أَمْسَكَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ
4.1.5he grasped it, clutched it, or seized it—أَمْسَكَهُ
Synonym قَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ. بِيَدِهِ: with his hand. Or he took it, or took it with his hand, أَخَذَهُ — namely, a rope and the like.
he held, or clung, to it—تَمَسكَ بِهِ
he laid hold upon part of his body, or on what might detain him—أَمْسَكَ بِهِ
Such as an arm, a hand, a garment, and the like.
But أَمْسَقَهُ may mean he withheld him, or restrained him, from acting as he wished; see art. بِ.
4.1.6[it bound, or confined, his belly]—أَمْسَكَ بَطْنَهُ
Said of medicine. See art. عقل.
4.1.7
For الإِمْسَاك in relation to تَحْجِيل, see an unusual use of it in art. طلق, Form 4.
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4 5 shown of 16
16:59
يَتَوَٰرَىٰ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ مِن سُوٓءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِۦٓ ۚ أَيُمْسِكُهُۥ عَلَىٰ هُونٍ أَمْ يَدُسُّهُۥ فِى ٱلتُّرَابِ ۗ أَلَا سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَWith shame does he hide himself from his people, because of the bad news he has had! Shall he retain it on (sufferance and) contempt, or bury it in the dust? Ah! what an evil (choice) they decide on?
17:100
قُل لَّوْ أَنتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَآئِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّىٓ إِذًا لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ ٱلْإِنفَاقِ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ قَتُورًاSay: "If ye had control of the Treasures of the Mercy of my Lord, behold, ye would keep them back, for fear of spending them: for man is (every) niggardly!"
38:39
هَـٰذَا عَطَآؤُنَا فَٱمْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ"Such are Our Bounties: whether thou bestow them (on others) or withhold them, no account will be asked."
67:19
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍۭ بَصِيرٌDo they not observe the birds above them, spreading their wings and folding them in? None can uphold them except (Allah) Most Gracious: Truly (Allah) Most Gracious: Truly it is He that watches over all things.
67:21
أَمَّنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَرْزُقُكُمْ إِنْ أَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّجُّوا۟ فِى عُتُوٍّ وَنُفُورٍOr who is there that can provide you with Sustenance if He were to withhold His provision? Nay, they obstinately persist in insolent impiety and flight (from the Truth).
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He retained; he withheld. (Msb.) He maintained: he was tenacious, or niggardly. He, or it, held fast a thing: and arrested it. أَمْسَكَهُ He held, retained, detained, restrained, stayed, confined, imprisoned, or withheld, him. (K.) أَمْسَكَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ He held, refrained, or abstained, from the thing. (Msb.) أَمْسَكَهُ He grasped it, clutched it, laid hold upon it; or seized it, ( قَبَضَ عَلَيْهِ ) بِيَدِهِ with his hand: (Msb:) or he took it; or took it with his hand, ( أَخَذَهُ ,) namely, a rope, &c.: (Mgh:) or he held, or clung, to it: (TA:) [as also تَمَسكَ بِهِ ]. Also, أَمْسَكَ بِهِ signifies [the same; or] he laid hold upon, or seized, somewhat of his body, or what might detain him, as an arm or a hand, or a garment, and the like: but أَمْسَقَهُ may signify he withheld him, or restrained him, from acting according to his own free will. (Mugh, art. بِ .) أَمْسَكَ بَطْنَهُ [It bound, or confined, his belly (or bowels)]: said of medicine. (S, O, Msb, K; all in art. عقل .) الإِمْسَاك , in relation to تَحْجِيل : see an unusual application of it in art. طلق , conj. 4.
Form 5تَمَسَّكَ2 senses · 1 main
Core sense — he held fast to it, he clung to itgenerated
5.1
See Form 4 and Form 8.
5.1.1he held fast by his covenant—تَمَسَّكَ بِحَبْلِهِ
See أَعْصَمَ.
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see 4 and 8. تَمَسَّكَ بِحَبْلِهِ He held fast by his covenant: see أَعْصَمَ .
Form 6تَمَاسَكَ4 senses · 1 main
Core sense — he restrained himself; it held togethergenerated
6.1
He withheld, or restrained, himself. He was able, or powerful; as also تَمَالَكَ.
6.1.1he could not restrain himself from doing so—مَا تَمَاسَكَ أَنْ فَعَلَ كَذَا
Synonym مَا تَمَالكَ.
6.1.2it held together—تَمَاسَكَ
6.1.3figurative · مجازhe certainly possesses intelligence—إِنَّهُ لَذُو تَمَاسُكٍ
there is no good in him—مَابِهِ تَمَاسُكٌ
See مُسْكَةٌ.
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He withheld, or restrained, himself: (PS:) he was able, or powerful; as also تَمَالَكَ , q. v. (KL.) مَا تَمَاسَكَ أَنْ فَعَلَ كَذَا He could not restrain himself from doing so; syn. مَا تَمَالكَ . (S.) تَمَاسَكَ It held together. إِنَّهُ لَذُو تَمَاسُكٍ Verily he possesses intelligence. (TA.) And مَابِهِ تَمَاسُكٌ There is no good in him. (TA.) See مُسْكَةٌ .
Form 8اِمْتَسَكَ بِهِ1 sense
Core sense — he clutched him, he gripped itgenerated
8.1
He clutched, or gripped, him, or it; the same as تَمَسَّكَ بِهِ.
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He clutched, or griped, him, or it; i. q. تَمَسَّكَ بِهِ . (MA.)
Form 10اِسْتَمْسَكَ البَطْنُ3 senses · 1 main
Core sense — the belly became bound; he sought to lay hold upon itgenerated
10.1
[The belly became bound, or confined.] See art. عقل.
10.1.1he sought to lay hold upon it—اِسْتَمْسَكَ بِهِ
Sometimes used in this sense.
10.1.2
For اِسْتَمْسَكَ, see an example under صِرْعَةٌ.
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 10
2:256
لَآ إِكْرَاهَ فِى ٱلدِّينِ ۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشْدُ مِنَ ٱلْغَىِّ ۚ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَ بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌLet there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things.
31:22
وَمَن يُسْلِمْ وَجْهَهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَقَدِ ٱسْتَمْسَكَ بِٱلْعُرْوَةِ ٱلْوُثْقَىٰ ۗ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْأُمُورِWhoever submits his whole self to Allah, and is a doer of good, has grasped indeed the most trustworthy hand-hold: and with Allah rests the End and Decision of (all) affairs.
43:43
فَٱسْتَمْسِكْ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍSo hold thou fast to the Revelation sent down to thee; verily thou art on a Straight Way.
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[The belly (or bowels) became bound, or confined]. (TA in art. عقل .) اِسْتَمْسَكَ بِهِ [sometimes] He sought to lay hold upon it. (Bd, in ii. 257.) اِسْتَمْسَكَ : see an ex. voce صِرْعَةٌ .
Derived nouns 9
Nounمِسْكٌ1 sense
Core sense — muskgenerated
1
[Musk: it is obtained from the musk-deer, moschus moschiferus, being found in the male animal in a vesicle near the navel.]
It is masculine and feminine. IAmb, under ذَكِىٌّ.
Qur’ānic occurrences مِسْك
83:26
خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَThe seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who have aspirations:
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[Musk: it is obtained from the muskdeer, moschus moschiferus; being found in the male animal, in a vesicle near the navel and prepuce.] It is masc. and fem. (IAmb, TA voce ذَكِىٌّ .)
Nounمَسَكٌ1 sense
Core sense — tortoise-shell; bracelets made of tortoise-shell or of ivorygenerated
1
Tortoise-shell; synonym ذَبْلٌ.
Bracelets made of tortoise-shell, or of عاج [ivory].
Bracelets and anklets made of horn and of عاج.
The ism waḥda is formed with مُسْكَةٌ.
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Tortoise-shell; syn. ذَبْلٌ : (K:) bracelets made of tortoise-shell ( ذَبْلٌ ), or of عاج [ivory]: (S, Msb:) bracelets and anklets made of horn and of عاج : n. un. with مُسْكَةٌ . (K.)
Nounمُسْكَةٌ2 senses · 1 main
Core sense — intelligence, sound judgment; strengthgenerated
1he has no intelligence—لَيْسَ لَهُ مُسْكَةٌ
Intelligence; or full intelligence and judgment; judgment and intelligence that one falls back on. Also مُسْكٌ, not مَسِيكٌ as in the K; the same as تَمَاسُكٌ.
1.1he has no strength—لَيْسَ بِهِ مُسْكَةٌ
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Intelligence: (Msb:) or full intelligence, (K, TA,) and judgment; judgment and intel-ligence to which one has recourse; as also مُسْكٌ , not مَسِيكٌ , as in the K; (TA;) i. q. تَمَاسُكٌ . (Mgh.) You say, لَيْسَ لَهُ مُسْكَةٌ He has no intel-ligence. (Msb.) لَيْسَ بِهِ مُسْكَةٌ He has no strength. (Msb.)
Nounمُسْكَانٌ1 sense
Core sense — something held, or kept backgenerated
1
See art. سكن.
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: see art. سكن .
Nounمِسَاكٌ1 sense
Core sense — a kind of needlesgenerated
1
Or مَسَاكٌ: a kind of needles. See مِدَادٌ.
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or مَسَاكٌ A kind of needles: see مِدَادٌ .
Nounمَسِيكٌ1 sense
Core sense — tenacious, niggardlygenerated
1
See مُسْكَةٌ.
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: see مُسْكَةٌ .
Nounمَسَّاكاتٌ1 sense
Core sense — places in the ground that collect and retain rain-watergenerated
1
In the CK, art. روض, written مُسّاكات.
Places, in land or in the ground, to which the rain-water flows and which retain it.
See ضَابِطَةٌ.
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[in the CK, art. روض , written مُسّاكات ,] Places, in land, or in the ground, to which the rain-water flows, and which retain it. (TA.) See ضَابِطَةٌ .
Nounمُمْسَكٌ1 sense
Core sense — a horse white on a fore leg and a hind leg on the same sidegenerated
1
Said of a horse: white on both a fore leg and a hind leg on the same side. See مُحَجَّلٌ.
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, said of a horse, white on both fore and kind leg on the same side: see مُحَجَّلٌ .
Nounمُتَمَاسِكٌ1 sense
Core sense — compact in the limbs, or in the fleshgenerated
1
Compact in the limbs, or in the flesh.
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Compact in the limbs, (TA in art. بدن ,) or flesh. (TA in this art.)