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See also: místic
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Spanish místico. Compare Catalan místic, French mistique, Italian mistico, and Ottoman Turkish مستقو (mistiko). These all refer to sailing ships of the Mediterranean, but not necessarily to the same kind of ship. The number of masts is variously two or three and the sails are lateen or square. The New English Dictionary[1] traces the origin to an Arabic word misṭeḥ "flat surface" (compare مُسَطَّح (musaṭṭaḥ)) but Kahane et al.[2] disagree.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɪstɪk
Noun
[edit]mistic (plural mistics)
- A kind of small sailing vessel historically used in the Mediterranean, rigged partly like a xebec and partly like a felucca.[3]
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Mistic”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 538, column 3.
- ^ Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois
- ^ “mistic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Occitan
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]mistic m (feminine singular mistica, masculine plural mistics, feminine plural misticas)
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[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French mystique.
Adjective
[edit]mistic m or n (feminine singular mistică, masculine plural mistici, feminine and neuter plural mistice)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mistic
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | mistic | mistică | mistici | mistice | ||
| definite | misticul | mistica | misticii | misticele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | mistic | mistice | mistici | mistice | ||
| definite | misticului | misticei | misticilor | misticelor | |||
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