moist

Etymology 1
The is derived from, , from , , , , and ,  (modern 🇨🇬); further etymology uncertain, perhaps a  of a  variant of  + a Late Latin derivative of.

The is derived from the adjective.

Adjective

 * 1) Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.
 * 2) Of eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also, watery due to some illness or to old age.
 * 3) Of a climate, the weather, etc.: damp, humid, rainy.
 * 4)  Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on.
 * 5) Characterized by the presence of some fluid such as mucus, pus, etc.
 * 6) Of sounds of internal organs (especially as heard through a stethoscope): characterized by the sound of air bubbling through a fluid.
 * 7)  Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterized by wetness; also, having a significant amount of this quality.
 * 8) Fluid, liquid, watery.
 * 9)  Bringing moisture or rain.
 * 1) Of eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also, watery due to some illness or to old age.
 * 2) Of a climate, the weather, etc.: damp, humid, rainy.
 * 3)  Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on.
 * 4) Characterized by the presence of some fluid such as mucus, pus, etc.
 * 5) Of sounds of internal organs (especially as heard through a stethoscope): characterized by the sound of air bubbling through a fluid.
 * 6)  Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterized by wetness; also, having a significant amount of this quality.
 * 7) Fluid, liquid, watery.
 * 8)  Bringing moisture or rain.
 * 1) Of a climate, the weather, etc.: damp, humid, rainy.
 * 2)  Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on.
 * 3) Characterized by the presence of some fluid such as mucus, pus, etc.
 * 4) Of sounds of internal organs (especially as heard through a stethoscope): characterized by the sound of air bubbling through a fluid.
 * 5)  Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterized by wetness; also, having a significant amount of this quality.
 * 6) Fluid, liquid, watery.
 * 7)  Bringing moisture or rain.
 * 1)  Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on.
 * 2) Characterized by the presence of some fluid such as mucus, pus, etc.
 * 3) Of sounds of internal organs (especially as heard through a stethoscope): characterized by the sound of air bubbling through a fluid.
 * 4)  Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterized by wetness; also, having a significant amount of this quality.
 * 5) Fluid, liquid, watery.
 * 6)  Bringing moisture or rain.
 * 1) Characterized by the presence of some fluid such as mucus, pus, etc.
 * 2) Of sounds of internal organs (especially as heard through a stethoscope): characterized by the sound of air bubbling through a fluid.
 * 3)  Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterized by wetness; also, having a significant amount of this quality.
 * 4) Fluid, liquid, watery.
 * 5)  Bringing moisture or rain.
 * 1) Fluid, liquid, watery.
 * 2)  Bringing moisture or rain.
 * 1) Fluid, liquid, watery.
 * 2)  Bringing moisture or rain.
 * 1) Fluid, liquid, watery.
 * 2)  Bringing moisture or rain.
 * 1)  Bringing moisture or rain.
 * 1)  Bringing moisture or rain.
 * 1)  Bringing moisture or rain.
 * 1)  Bringing moisture or rain.
 * 1)  Bringing moisture or rain.

Usage notes
Moist is mostly used for agreeable or neutral conditions (for example, “moist cake”) while is mainly used for disagreeable conditions (“damp clothes”).

Translations

 * Arabic: رَطِب,
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: вільготны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro: sawa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Xiang: 水垮垮
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: malseketa
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Middle French: moiste
 * Old French: moiste
 * Friulian: umid
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: ნესტიანი
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: πλαδαρός
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Iban: embap
 * Icelandic:, tárvotur
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: nepsiä, nahkia
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: şêdar
 * Latin: ūvidus
 * Latvian: mitrs, mikls, valgs, valgans
 * Malay:
 * Maori: kōpūtoitoi, mākūkū, haumākū, monoku, toriwai, , , mākū, tōwahiwahi, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi
 * Middle English: moiste
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, fuktig
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: صولاق
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: feicht
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: vlhký
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: вологий
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Japanese:

Noun

 * 1)  Moistness; also, moisture.

Etymology 2
From, , , and then either:


 * from, , and (compare ; modern 🇨🇬), from ,  (see etymology 1) + ; or
 * from, (see etymology 1), though the adjective is first attested later.

Verb

 * 1)  To make (something) moist or wet; to moisten.
 * 2)  To inspire, to refresh (someone); also, to soften (one's heart).
 * 3)  To rain lightly; to drizzle.
 * 4)  To have an effect of moistening or wetting.
 * 1)  To inspire, to refresh (someone); also, to soften (one's heart).
 * 2)  To rain lightly; to drizzle.
 * 3)  To have an effect of moistening or wetting.
 * 1)  To inspire, to refresh (someone); also, to soften (one's heart).
 * 2)  To rain lightly; to drizzle.
 * 3)  To have an effect of moistening or wetting.
 * 1)  To have an effect of moistening or wetting.

Alternative forms

 * mȯistõ

Etymology
From, from. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) understand