م س حm-s-ḥ
(ف) مَسَحَ يَمْسَحُ مَسْحًاmasaḥa yamsaḥu masḥan: to pass the hand over something, to wipe, to perform masḥ. ﴿وَامْسَحُوْا بِرُءُوْسِكُمْ﴾ (Al-Māʾidah 5:6); ﴿فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًاۢ بِالسُّوْقِ وَالْاَعْنَاقِ﴾ (Ṣād 38:33)
مَسِيْحٌmasīḥ (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): the epithet of Jesus, peace be upon him; the lexicographers give several explanations of its reason (anointed with blessing, or one who heals by passing his hand). ﴿اِنَّمَا الْمَسِيْحُ عِيْسَي ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ رَسُوْلُ اللّٰهِ﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:171)