Arabic vocabulary
مَصَّsuck in Arabic
مَصَّ is how you say “suck” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى ثَدْيِهَا يَمَصُّهُ
Then he leaned toward her breast and sucked it.
يَمَصُّهُ — he sucked it. A present-shape verb carrying 'he' in its prefix, with '-hu' (it) on the tail for what he sucked. Its present form set in a past story paints the sucking as an ongoing picture -- he kept sucking it.
From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →
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