messa

See also: Messa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse messa, from Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛsːa]
  • Rhymes: -ɛsːa

Noun

messa f (genitive singular messu, plural messur)

  1. (religion, church) mass, service
  2. (religion, church) holiday
  3. (nautical) mess

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative messa messan messur messurnar
accusative messu messuna messur messurnar
dative messu messuni messum messunum
genitive messu messunnar messa messanna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛsːa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsːa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse messa.

Noun

messa f (genitive singular messu, nominative plural messur)

  1. mass (church service in which the Eucharist is celebrated)
Declension
Declension of messa (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative messa messan messur messurnar
accusative messu messuna messur messurnar
dative messu messunni messum messunum
genitive messu messunnar messa messanna
See also

Etymology 2

Verb

messa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative messaði, supine messað)

  1. to mass (celebrate mass)
Conjugation
messa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að messa
supine sagnbót messað
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 messandi
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég messa messaði messi messaði
þú messar messaðir messir messaðir
hann, hún, það messar messaði messi messaði
plural við messum messuðum messum messuðum
þið messið messuðuð messið messuðuð
þeir, þær, þau messa messuðu messi messuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú messa (þú), messaðu
plural þið messið (þið), messiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmes.sa/
  • Rhymes: -essa
  • Hyphenation: més‧sa

Etymology 1

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

Noun

messa f (plural messe) (often capitalized)

  1. mass (in religion)
  • messa di Mezzanotte

Etymology 2

Noun

messa f (plural messe)

  1. setting, putting, laying
  2. (agriculture) sprout, shoot, bud
Derived terms

Participle

messa

  1. feminine singular of messo

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

messa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of messe

Verb

messa

  1. inflection of messe:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

messa f

  1. definite singular of messe

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmʲesa]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *missos +‎ -a (comparative suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *mey-. Akin to mí-.

Adjective

messa

  1. comparative degree of olc: worse
Descendants
  • Irish: measa
  • Scottish Gaelic: miosa
  • Manx: messey

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

messa

  1. genitive singular/dual of mess

Mutation

Mutation of messa
radical lenition nasalization
messa
also mmessa in h-prothesis environments		 messa
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/		 messa
also mmessa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Latin missa.

Noun

messa f (genitive messu, plural messur)

  1. mass, church service

Declension

Declension of messa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative messa messan messur messurnar
accusative messu messuna messur messurnar
dative messu messunni messum messunum
genitive messu messunnar messna messnanna

Derived terms

  • allraheilagramessa f (“Allhallow-mass”)
  • allraheilagramessudagr m (“All Saints' day”)
  • biskupsmessa f (“a mass celebrated by a bishop”)
  • brúðmessa f (“marriage service”)
  • dagmessa f (“daymass”)
  • formessa f (“matins”)
  • hámessa f (“highmass”)
  • Jakobsmessa f (“St James' mass”)
  • messudagr m (“mass-day, feast-day”)
  • messudjákn m (“deacon, clerk”)
  • messuembætti n (“office of the mass, divine service”)
  • messufǫt n pl (“vestments”)
  • messuklæði n pl (“vestments”)
  • messumál n (“mass time”)
  • messuserkr m (“surplice”)
  • messuskrúði m (“vestments”)
  • messusloppr m (“surplice”)

Descendants

Verb

messa (singular past indicative messaði, plural past indicative messuðu, past participle messaðr)

  1. to say mass

Conjugation

Conjugation of messa — active (weak class 2)
infinitive messa
present participle messandi
past participle messaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular messa messaða messa messaða
2nd person singular messar messaðir messir messaðir
3rd person singular messar messaði messi messaði
1st person plural messum messuðum messim messaðim
2nd person plural messið messuðuð messið messaðið
3rd person plural messa messuðu messi messaði
imperative present
2nd person singular messa
1st person plural messum
2nd person plural messið
Conjugation of messa — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive messask
present participle messandisk
past participle messazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular messumk messuðumk messumk messuðumk
2nd person singular messask messaðisk messisk messaðisk
3rd person singular messask messaðisk messisk messaðisk
1st person plural messumsk messuðumsk messimsk messaðimsk
2nd person plural messizk messuðuzk messizk messaðizk
3rd person plural messask messuðusk messisk messaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular messask
1st person plural messumsk
2nd person plural messizk

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “messa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
  • "messa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “messa”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1]
  • “messa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “messa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Swedish

Etymology

mess +‎ -a

Pronunciation

Verb

messa (present messar, preterite messade, supine messat, imperative messa)

  1. (colloquial) to send an SMS message, to text
    Synonym: sms:a

Conjugation

Conjugation of messa (weak)
active passive
infinitive messa messas
supine messat messats
imperative messa —
imper. plural1 messen —
present past present past
indicative messar messade messas messades
ind. plural1 messa messade messas messades
subjunctive2 messe messade messes messades
present participle messande
past participle messad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.