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Missa
Mis′sa
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missa
missa
English
Noun
missa
- (music) a mass, in the sense of a composition setting several sung parts of the liturgic service (most often chosen from the ordinary parts Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Agnus Dei and/or Sanctus) to music, notably when the text in Latin is used (as long universally prescribed by Rome)
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Etymology
From Late Latin missa, from Latin missum.
Pronunciation
- (Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈmisə/
- (Western) IPA(key): /ˈmisa/
- Rhymes: -isa
Noun
missa f (plural misses)
Faroese
Verb
missa (third person singular past indicative misti, third person plural past indicative mist, supine mist)
- to lose
Conjugation
v-9nn | ||||
infinitive | missa | |||
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present participle | missandi | |||
past participle a39 | mistur | |||
supine | mist | |||
number | singular | plural | ||
person | first | second | third | all |
indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
present | missi | missir | missir | missa |
past | misti | misti | misti | mistu |
imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
present | — | miss! | — | missið! |
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪsːa/
- Rhymes: -ɪsːa
Verb
missa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative missti, supine misst)
- to lose
Conjugation
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að missa | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
misst | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
missandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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present (nútíð) |
ég missi | við missum | present (nútíð) |
ég missi | við missum |
þú missir | þið missið | þú missir | þið missið | ||
hann, hún, það missir | þeir, þær, þau missa | hann, hún, það missi | þeir, þær, þau missi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég missti | við misstum | past (þátíð) |
ég missti | við misstum |
þú misstir | þið misstuð | þú misstir | þið misstuð | ||
hann, hún, það missti | þeir, þær, þau misstu | hann, hún, það missti | þeir, þær, þau misstu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
miss (þú) | missið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
misstu | missiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
Italian
Verb
missa
- inflection of missare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmis.sa/, [ˈmɪs.sa]
Noun
missa f (genitive missae); first declension
- Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy
- Omni dominica sex missas facite ("Each Sunday, do six masses") Caesarius of Arles, Regula ad monachos, PL 67, 1102B.
Etymology
Ecclesiastical Latin, in use by the 6th century. Presumably from the phrase ite missa est, where missa is Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, for missio. An older (16th century, attributed to Luther) derivation adduced Hebrew מצה matsá "unleavened bread; oblation".[1]
Descendants
References
- missa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- missa in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- MISSA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “missa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) a letter to Atticus: epistula ad Atticum data, scripta, missa or quae ad A. scripta est
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(ambiguous) a letter to Atticus: epistula ad Atticum data, scripta, missa or quae ad A. scripta est
- missa in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- ↑ Fortescue, A. (1910). Liturgy of the Mass. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Participle
missa
- nominative feminine singular of missus
- nominative neuter plural of missus
- accusative neuter plural of missus
- vocative feminine singular of missus
- vocative neuter plural of missus
missā
- ablative feminine singular of missus
Old Norse
Verb
missa
References
- missa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- missa in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- MISSA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) a letter to Atticus: epistula ad Atticum data, scripta, missa or quae ad A. scripta est
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(ambiguous) a letter to Atticus: epistula ad Atticum data, scripta, missa or quae ad A. scripta est
- missa in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin missa (“mass”), from Latin mittō (“I send”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-, *mith₂- (“to exchange, remove”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.s̺a/
Noun
missa f (plural missas)
- (Christianity) mass (religious service)
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 2 (facsimile):
- Eſta é de como ſta maria pareceu en toledo a ſant alifonſſo ⁊ deull ũa alua q̇ trouxe de paraẏſo con que diſſeſſe miſſa.
- This one is (about) how Holy Mary appeared to Saint Ildefonso in Toledo and gave him an alb from paradise to celebrate mass.
- Eſta é de como ſta maria pareceu en toledo a ſant alifonſſo ⁊ deull ũa alua q̇ trouxe de paraẏſo con que diſſeſſe miſſa.
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 2 (facsimile):
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese missa, from Late Latin missa (“mass”), from Latin mittō (“I send”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-, *mith₂- (“to exchange, remove”).
Pronunciation
Noun
missa f (plural missas)
- mass (religion: celebration of the Eucharist)
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Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old Norse missa, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną.
Verb
missa (present missar, preterite missade, supine missat, imperative missa)
- to miss; to fail to hit (a target)
- to miss; to be late for something;
- to miss; to forget about (something which happened or should be done)
- to miss; to fail to attend
- to miss; to fail to understand or have a shortcoming of perception
- to overlook; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it