messa

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See also: Messa

Faroese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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messa f (genitive singular messu, plural messur)

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

Declension

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Declension of messa
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

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Etymology

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From Old Norse messa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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messa f (genitive singular messu, nominative plural messur)

  1. mass (church service in which the Eucharist is celebrated)

Declension

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    Declension of messa
f-w1 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

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Verb

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

  1. to mass (celebrate mass)

Conjugation

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

Noun

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messa f (plural messe) (often capitalized)

  1. mass (in religion)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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messa f (plural messe)

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

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messa

  1. feminine singular of messo

Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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messa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of messe

Verb

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messa

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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messa f

  1. definite singular of messe

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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messa

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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messa

  1. genitive singular/dual of mess

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
messa
also mmessa after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
messa
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Latin missa.

Noun

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messa f (genitive messu, plural messur)

  1. mass, church service

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Verb

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

  1. to say mass

Conjugation

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References

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  • messa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • 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

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Etymology

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mess +‎ -a

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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Anagrams

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