مسى2 مَسَّاهُ بِكَذَا He came to him in the evening with such a thing. (TA, voce صَبَّحَ.) 4 أَمْسَى He entered upon the مَسَآء. (Msb.) b2: أَمْسَى as syn. with صَارَ: see an ex. voce نَشَطَ, in a verse of Himyán, and another voce عَسَى.أَنَيْتُهُ لِمُسْىِ خَامِسَةٍ : see صُبْحٌ.مَسَآءٌ Afternoon, counted from noon to sunset: (Az, IKoot, Mgh, Msb, TA:) or, accord. to some, to midnight: (TA:) contr. of صَبَاح: (S, K, Msb, &c.:) and evening, after sunset. (Mgh.) b2:  أَتَيْتُهُ ذَا مَسَآءٍ [I came to him in the evening]. (IAar, TA, art. صبح.) See صَبَاحٌ. b3:  أَتَيْتُةُ صَبَاحًا مَسَآءً: see صَبَاحٌ.أَمْسِيَّةٌ : see أُصْبُوحَة.مَمْسًى a name for the مَسَآء; and the time thereof; and the place thereof; like as مَصْبَحٌ is a name for the صَبَاح; and the time thereof; and the place thereof. (Marg. note in a copy of the S, in art. صبح.) مُسْتَمْسَكٌ A place, or thing, to lay hold of: see مَعَضٌّ.