English → Arabic
suck in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- maṣṣa
- Arabizi
maS- Type
- verb · masculine
- Root
- م ص ص
How to use it
مَصَّ is the past‑third‑person singular form meaning ‘to suck’. It is a regular Form II verb (root م‑ص‑ص). Use the derived noun مَصّ for the act of sucking.
Example sentences
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الطِّفْلُ يَصْنَعُ مَصًّا لِلحَلِيبِ.
al-ṭiflu yaṣnaʿu maṣṣan lil-ḥalībī.
The baby is sucking milk.
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المِصْنَعُ يَسْتَخْدِمُ مِكْنَةً لِمَصِّ القَطَرِ.
al-miṣnaʿu yastakhdimu miknata li-maṣṣi al-qaṭri.
The factory uses a machine to suck the oil.
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يَجِبُ أَنْ تَتَجَنَّبَ مَصَّ السِّجَارَةِ.
yajibu ʾan tatajannaba maṣṣa al-sijārati.
You should avoid sucking on a cigarette.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
One will eat your brains.The other will suck you blood.
أحدهم يشرب من دمك والآخر يأكل مخك.
And your instinct is to say, "Why don't you suck an egg?"
وغريزتك تود أن تقول، "لماذا لا تغلقوا أفواهكم"
He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.
سمّ الاصلال يرضع. يقتله لسان الافعى.
Now, in our company, this is what we call "the pinky-suck moment."
الآن في شركتنا, هذه هي ما ندعوها بلحظة مص الخنصر!!
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
سمّ الاصلال يرضع. يقتله لسان الافعى.
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
لماذا اعانتني الركب ولم الثدي حتى ارضع.
His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is."
فراخه تحسو الدم وحيثما تكن القتلى فهناك هو
Stop focusing on urban marathons, which, if you do four hours, you suck.
وتوقفوا عن التركيز على المارثونات المدنية والتي تقول ان من يقطع السباق ب اربع ساعات هو سيء
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
فراخه تحسو الدم وحيثما تكن القتلى فهناك هو
But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
وويل للحبالى والمرضعات في تلك الايام.
And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
وويل للحبالى والمرضعات في تلك الايام.
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
وترضعين لبن الامم وترضعين ثدي ملوك وتعرفين اني انا الرب مخلصك ووليك عزيز يعقوب.
Questions and answers
What is the present tense?
He/she/it sucks = يَمْصُّ (yamṣu).
Is there a noun for ‘suction’?
Yes, مَصّ (maṣṣ).
Related words and expressions
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