- משמש
- מַשְׁמָשm. (preced. wds.; cap. מַמָּש) substance. Y.Ber.III, 6d bot. מַשְׁמָשָׁהּ קיים its substance remains visible; מים אין מַשְׁמָשָׁן קיים (not משמשה, ed. Lehm. משמוש׳) of liquids there is no substance left (when the spot is dried up).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.