How to say "mop" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningmop
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مِمْسَحَة
mimsaḥaממסחה
ممسحة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סחבה
skhavaسْخَاڤَا
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
م-س-حHebrew root
מ-ש-חHebrew's plain word for mop, סחבה, is unrelated. But Arabic's root here, م-س-ح ('to wipe, stroke'), is the very root behind Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ — 'Messiah,' literally 'the anointed one'! Both trace to a Semitic root about passing the hand over something — Hebrew narrowed it to ritual anointing with oil, Arabic kept the plain sense of wiping.
Related Hebrew word:משחmashakhمَاشَاخ
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In a phrase
نَظَّفَ الْأَرْض بِالْمِمْسَحَة
naẓẓafa al-arḍ bi-l-mimsaḥaנט'ף אל-ארצ' בא-ל-ממסחהHe cleaned the floor with the mop.
Plural
مَمَاسِح
mamāsiḥממאסחbroken plural maCāCiC