Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#MASCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#MAS -masse, -messe, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#MASCategory:English terms derived from Old English#MAS -mæsse, the second element in several ritual and holiday names (e.g. Candelmæsse, Cristes mæsse, hlāfmæsse, etc.), from Old EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Old English#MAS mæsse (“the mass, church festival”). Compare Dutch mis, German Messe, Danish messe, Swedish mässa, Icelandic messa.

Suffix

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1. Indicates holidays or sacred days.

See also

• feast day

Anagrams

• 'ams, MSA, Sam., ASM, AMS, sam, sma, SMA, Sam, S. Am., A.M.s, SAM, asm

Stem

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1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Momentaneous			-MÁÁZ (roll)	-MÁÁZ (roll)
Momentaneous	-MÁÁZ (roll)
Semelfactive	-MÁÁZ (roll)	-MÁÁZ (roll)	-MÁÁZ (roll)	-MÁÁZ (roll)	-MÁÁZ (roll)

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.