How to say "to wipe, erase" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningto wipe, erase
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَسَحَ
masaḥaמסח
مسح
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מחק
makhakمَاخَاك
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
م-س-حHebrew root
מ-ש-חmasaḥa 'to wipe' is Hebrew משח 'to anoint' — the same gesture of rubbing a hand or oil over a surface. Arabic kept the everyday wiping (the board, the floor) alongside the anointing in masīḥ 'messiah'; Hebrew kept only the anointing (משיח).
Related Hebrew word:משחmashakhمَاشَاخ
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In a phrase
اِمْسَح اللَّوْح
imsaḥ al-lawḥאמסח אל-לוחWipe the board.
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- to solveḥallaحَلَّפתר
- I don't understandlā afhamuلَا أَفْهَمُאני לא מבין
- say it again, pleaseaʿid min faḍlikaأَعِد مِن فَضْلِكَאפשר שוב?
- what does … mean?mā maʿnā …?مَا مَعْنَى …؟מה פירוש …?
- how do you say … in Arabic?kayfa naqūlu … bil-ʿarabiyya?كَيْفَ نَقُولُ … بِالْعَرَبِيَّة؟איך אומרים … בערבית?
- may I go out?hal yumkinunī l-khurūj?هَل يُمْكِنُنِي الْخُرُوج؟אפשר לצאת?