absorb, sip, lap up

, (A, Msb,) first pers. مَصِصْتُ, (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. يَمَصُّ; (S, Msb, K;) and first pers. مَصَصْتُ, aor. يَمُصُّ; (Msb, K;) but the former is the more chaste; (T, Msb, TA,) inf. n. مَصٌّ; (S, M, Msb;) [He sucked it; or sucked it in; or sipped it, i. e.] he drank it (namely water, A, or a thing, S, M,) with a minute draught, (شُرْبًا رَقِيقًا: so in a copy of the A, and in the CK,) or with a gentle draught: (شُرْبًا رَفِيقًا: so in some copies of the K, and in the TA:) or he took it (namely a small quantity of a fluid) by drawing in the breath: and whether شَرِبَ may be used to denote this, as it is in the K, requires consideration: (MF:) or i. q. رَشَفَهُ: (S, K, art. رشف:) or i. q. تَرَشَّفَهُ: (M:) رَشْفٌ signifies the “ taking ” water “ with the lips; ” and is more than مَصٌّ: (Msb, art. رشف:) and ↓ امتصّهُ signifies the same; (S, M, A, Msb, K;) and so ↓ تمصّصهُ: (M, A:) or the last signifies he did so leisurely. (S, K.) You say, الرُّمَّانَ ↓ امتصّ, i. e. مَصَّهُ [He sucked the pomegranate]; and so of other things. (TA.) And مَصَّ الجَارِيَةَ He sucked the damsel's saliva from her mouth. (IAar, in L, art. مصد.) And مَصَّ MIٌا اLضّUٌOىاا (tropical:) He obtained a little of worldly goods. (TA.)

[He made him to suck: or he gave him to suck]. (S, A, K.) You say أَمْصَصْتُهُ المَآءَ (A) or الشَّىْءَ (S) [I made him to suck, or I gave him to suck, the water, or the thing]. ― -b2- (tropical:) He said to him يَا مَصَّانُ, q. v. (S, * A, TA.) You say, هُوَ يُمِصُّهُ وَيُبَظِّرُهُ. (K, art. بظر, which see in the present work.)

see 1, in which two explanations of it are given.

see 1. in two places.

, (S, A,) or مَصْمَصَ فَاهُ, (M, TA,) inf. n. مَصْمَصَةٌ, (S, M, K,) [He rinsed his mouth with water; he agitated water in his mouth; syn. مَضْمَضَ: (M:) or he did so with the extremity of his tongue, (S, M, K,) or with the fore parts of his mouth; (A;) whereas the latter signifies he did so with his mouth altogether; (S, M, A;) the difference between مَصْمَصَةٌ and مَضْمَضَةٌ being similar to that between قَبْصَةٌ and قَبْضَةٌ: (S, M:) the former is mentioned in a trad. as being done after drinking milk; but not after eating dates. (S.) You say also, مَصْمَصَ الإِنَآءَ He washed the vessel; (ISk, S, M;) as also مَضْمَضَهُ: (ISk, Yaakoob, M:) or he washed out, or rinsed, the vessel; he put water into the vessel, and shook it, to wash it; (As, TA;) he poured water into the vessel, and then shook it, without washing it with his hand, and then poured it out. (Aboo-Sa'eed, TA.) And مَصْمَصَ الثَّوْبَ He washed [or rinsed] the garment, or piece of cloth. (M, TA.)

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What is sucked from, or of, a thing; (M, TA;) as also ↓ مُصَاصَةٌ. (M, A, TA.) You say, طَابَتْ مُصَاصَتُهُ فِى فَمِى What was sucked from it, or of it, was good, or sweet, or pleasant, in my mouth. (A.) ― -b2- [And hence,] The pure, or choice, part of anything; (S, K;) as also ↓ مُصَامِصٌ: (K:) and (S) the purest, or choicest, (S, M,) of a thing; as also ↓ مُصَاصَةٌ and ↓ مُصَامِصٌ. (M.) And المَالِ ↓ مُصَّةُ signifies the same as مُصَاصُهُ, (K, TA,) i. e. The pure, or choice part of property, or of the property. (TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ مُصَاصُ قَوْمِهِ, (S, M,) and ↓ مُصَاصَتُهُ, (M,) Such a one is the purest in race, or lineage, of his people: and in like manner you say of two, and of more, and of a female. (S, M.) And هُوَ مِنْ مُصَاصِ قَوْمِهِ [He is of the purest, or choicest, of his people]. (A.) ― -b3- Also, Pure, or choice, applied to حَسَب [or grounds of pretension to respect, &c.]; as also ↓ مُصَامِصٌ. (A.) You say also, إِنَّهُ لَمُصَامِصٌ فِى قَوْمِهِ Verily he is distinguished, or characterized, by pure grounds of respect among his people. (K, * TA.) ― -b4- Also, The origin, source, or place of origination, of a thing. (M, TA.) You say, هُوَ كَرِيمُ المُصَاصِ He is generous, or noble, in respect of origin. (TA.) Accord. to Lth, مُصَاصُ القَوْمِ signifies The original source of the people: and the most excellent of their middle class. (TA.)

A certain kind of food, (S, K,) of flesh-meat, cooked, and steeped in vinegar; (K;) or, as some say, steeped in vinegar, and then cooked: (TA:) or of the flesh of birds particularly: (K:) pronounced by the vulgar with damm to the م: (S:) but what is said in the Nh implies that it is with damm; for it is there said, “ and it may be with fet-h to the م. ” (TA.)

: see مُصَاصٌ, in four places.

: see مَمْصُوصَةٌ.

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A cupper; because he sucks; (M, TA;) and so ↓ مَصَّاصٌ: (K, voce حَجَّامٌ, which is its syn.:) fem. of the former with ة. (M.) ― -b2- A man who sucks his ewes or she-goats; by reason of his meanness, or ungenerousness: (A'Obeyd, S, K:) i. e. who sucks from their udders with his mouth; lest the sound of the milking should be heard; as also, ↓ مَاصُّ; (TA;) and so مَلْحَانُ and مَكَّانُ. (A'Obeyd, TA.) [But in the TA it is written مَصَّانُ, without tenween; and so in two copies of the S.]) ― -b3- يَا مَصَّانُ, [said to a man,] and يَا مَصَّانَةُ, to a female, denote vituperation, meaning (tropical:) O sucker (مَاصّ S, K) of such a thing, (S, TA,) i. e. (TA) of the بَظْر [q. v.], (K, TA,) of thy mother: (S, K, TA:) or the meaning is O sucker (رَاضِع) of the ewes or she-goats: (K:) ISk says, (TA,) you should not say ↓ يَا مَاصَّانُ: (S, TA:) but Ibn-'Abbád says, (TA,) one says وَيْلِى عَلَى مَاصَّانِ بْنِ مَاصَّانٍ, and ↓ مَاصَّانَةَ بْنِ مَاصَّانَةَ, (K, TA,) meaning [Alas for me, on account of] the mean, or ungenerous, the son of the mean, or ungenerous! (TA.)