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

• guðsþjónusta

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)

Related terms

• messa di Mezzanotte

Etymology 2

Noun

messa f (plural messe)

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

Derived terms

• messa a dimora
• messa a fuoco
• messa a terra
• messa in onda
• messa in opera
• messa in orbita
• messa in piega
• messa in scena, messinscena

Participle

messa

1. feminine singular of messo

Anagrams

• masse

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• messen (of noun)
• messet (of verb)

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 after a proclitic ending in a vowel	messa pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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

• Icelandic: messa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: messe
• Swedish mässa c

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

• Homophone: mässa

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

• messa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• messa in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

• sames