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)

(religion, church) mass, service
(religion, church) holiday
(nautical) mess

Declension

Declension of messa
f1	singular		plural
f1	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

Etymology

From Old Norse messa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsːa/
Rhymes: -ɛsːa

Noun

messa f (genitive singular messu, nominative plural messur)

mass (church service in which the Eucharist is celebrated)

Declension

declension of messa

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular		plural
nominative	messa	messan	messur	messurnar
accusative	messu	messuna	messur	messurnar
dative	messu	messunni	messum	messunum
genitive	messu	messunnar	messa	messanna

Verb

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

to mass (celebrate mass)

Conjugation

messa — active voice (germynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að messa
supine (sagnbót)		messað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		messandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég messa	við messum	present (nútíð)	ég messi	við messum
	þú messar	þið messið		þú messir	þið messið
	hann, hún, það messar	þeir, þær, þau messa		hann, hún, það messi	þeir, þær, þau messi

past (þátíð)	ég messaði	við messuðum	past (þátíð)	ég messaði	við messuðum
	þú messaðir	þið messuðuð		þú messaðir	þið messuðuð
	hann, hún, það messaði	þeir, þær, þau messuðu		hann, hún, það messaði	þeir, þær, þau messuðu

imperative (boðháttur)	messa (þú)	messið (þið)
	messaðu	messiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.

Noun

messa f (plural messe) (often capitalized)

mass (in religion)

Etymology 2

Noun

messa f (plural messe)

setting, putting, laying
(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

Verb

messa

feminine singular of the past participle of mettere

Anagrams

masse

Latin

Noun

messa

nominative plural of messis
accusative plural of messis
vocative plural of messis

References

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, 1883–1887)
messa in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

messen

Noun

messa m, f

definite feminine singular of messe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

messa f

definite singular of messe

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *missos, from Proto-Indo-European *mey-. Akin to mí-.

Adjective

messa

comparative degree of olc (“worse”)

Descendants

Irish: measa
Scottish Gaelic: miosa

Old Norse

Etymology

From Latin missa.

Noun

messa f (genitive messu, plural messur)

mass, church service

Declension

Declension of messa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	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

Terms derived from messa

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: messe
Swedish mässa c

Verb

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

to say mass

Conjugation

Conjugation of messa — active (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	messa
present participle	messandi
past participle	messaðr
1st-person singular	messa	messaða
2nd-person singular	messar	messaðir
3rd-person singular	messar	messaði
1st-person plural	messum	messuðum
2nd-person plural	messið	messuðuð
3rd-person plural	messa	messuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	messa	messaða
2nd-person singular	messir	messaðir
3rd-person singular	messir	messaði
1st-person plural	messim	messaðim
2nd-person plural	messið	messaðið
3rd-person plural	messi	messaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	messa
1st-person plural	messum
2nd-person plural	messið

Conjugation of messa — mediopassive (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	messask
present participle	messandisk
past participle	messazk
1st-person singular	messumk	messuðumk
2nd-person singular	messask	messaðisk
3rd-person singular	messask	messaðisk
1st-person plural	messumsk	messuðumsk
2nd-person plural	messizk	messuðuzk
3rd-person plural	messask	messuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	messumk	messuðumk
2nd-person singular	messisk	messaðisk
3rd-person singular	messisk	messaðisk
1st-person plural	messimsk	messaðimsk
2nd-person plural	messizk	messaðizk
3rd-person plural	messisk	messaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	messask
1st-person plural	messumsk
2nd-person plural	messizk

References

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, 1883–1887)
messa in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
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

Pronunciation

Homophone: mässa

Verb

messa

(colloquial) to send an SMS message, to text. Clipping of [].

Conjugation

Conjugation of messa (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	messa	messas
Present tense	messar	messas
Past tense	messade	messades
Supine	messat	messats
Imperative	messa	—
Present participle	messande
Past participle	messad

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