مس

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Arabic

Root
م س س (m-s-s)

Verb

مَسَّ • (massa) I, non-past يَمَسُّ‎ (yamassu)

  1. (transitive) to feel, to touch
  2. (transitive) to handle, to palpate
  3. (transitive) to violate (something sacred)
  4. (transitive) to infringe upon
  5. (transitive, euphemistic) to cohabit with
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:20:
      أَنَّى يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا
      ʔannā yakūnu lī ḡulāmun walam yamsasnī bašarun walam ʔaku baḡiyyan
      How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?
  6. (transitive) to befall, to hit

Conjugation

Conjugation of
مَسَّ
(form-I geminate, verbal nouns مَسّ or مَسِيس)
verbal nouns
الْمَصَادِر
مَسّ or مَسِيس

mass or masīs
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
māss
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
mamsūs
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m
masistu
masista
مَسَّ

massa
masistumā
massā
masisnā
masistum
massū
f
masisti
massat
massatā
masistunna
masisna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m
ʔamassu
tamassu
yamassu
tamassāni
yamassāni
namassu
tamassūna
yamassūna
f
tamassīna
tamassu
tamassāni
tamsasna
yamsasna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m
ʔamassa
tamassa
yamassa
tamassā
yamassā
namassa
tamassū
yamassū
f
tamassī
tamassa
tamassā
tamsasna
yamsasna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m
ʔamassa or ʔamassi or ʔamsas
tamassa or tamassi or tamsas
yamassa or yamassi or yamsas
tamassā
yamassā
namassa or namassi or namsas
tamassū
yamassū
f
tamassī
tamassa or tamassi or tamsas
tamassā
tamsasna
yamsasna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m
مَسَّ or مَسِّ or اِمْسَسْ

massa or massi or imsas
massā
massū
f
massī
imsasna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m
musistu
musista
مُسَّ

mussa
musistumā
mussā
musisnā
musistum
mussū
f
musisti
mussat
mussatā
musistunna
musisna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m
ʔumassu
tumassu
yumassu
tumassāni
yumassāni
numassu
tumassūna
yumassūna
f
tumassīna
tumassu
tumassāni
tumsasna
yumsasna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m
ʔumassa
tumassa
yumassa
tumassā
yumassā
numassa
tumassū
yumassū
f
tumassī
tumassa
tumassā
tumsasna
yumsasna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m
ʔumassa or ʔumassi or ʔumsas
tumassa or tumassi or tumsas
yumassa or yumassi or yumsas
tumassā
yumassā
numassa or numassi or numsas
tumassū
yumassū
f
tumassī
tumassa or tumassi or tumsas
tumassā
tumsasna
yumsasna

Descendants

  • Maltese: mess
  • → French: masser

Noun

مَسّ • (mass) m

  1. verbal noun of مَسَّ (massa) (form I)
  2. touching, touch
  3. contact
  4. misfortune, calamity
  5. attack, fit, frenzy
  6. insanity, madness

Declension

Declension of noun مَسّ (mass)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَسّ
mass 		الْمَسّ
al-mass 		مَسّ
mass
Nominative مَسٌّ
massun 		الْمَسُّ
al-massu 		مَسُّ
massu
Accusative مَسًّا
massan 		الْمَسَّ
al-massa 		مَسَّ
massa
Genitive مَسٍّ
massin 		الْمَسِّ
al-massi 		مَسِّ
massi

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 588
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “مس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 176
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “مس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1063

Khalaj

Noun

مِس (mis) (definite accusative مِسی, plural مِسلَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of mis (“copper”)

Declension

Declension of مس
singular plural
nominative مس مسلَر
genitive مسۆݧ مسلَریݧ
dative مسکه مسلَرکه
definite accusative مسۆ مسلَری
locative مسچه مسلَرچه
ablative مسده مسلَرده
instrumental مسله مسلَرله
equative مسوارا مسلَروارا

Malay

Pronunciation

Noun

مس (Rumi spelling mas, plural مس-مس or مس۲, informal 1st possessive مسکو, 2nd possessive مسمو, 3rd possessive مسڽ)

  1. Alternative form of امس

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
م س س
1 term

From Arabic مَسَّ (massa).

Pronunciation

Verb

مس • (mass) I (non-past يمس (ymass))

  1. to touch, to feel
    Synonym: قاس (qās)
    ما تمسنيش!
    ma tmassnīš!
    Don't touch me!
  2. to violate, to infringe
    مسيتي بكرامتي ملي قلتي داك الشي علي قدام العباد كلها.
    massīti b-karāmti milli qulti dāk eš-šī ʕliyya quddām le-ʕbād kullha.
    You violated my dignity when you said those things about me in front of them all.
Conjugation
    Conjugation of مس
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m مسّيت (massīt) مسّيتي (massīti) مسّ (mass) مسّينا (massīna) مسّيتوا (massītu) مسّوا (massu)
f مسّت (massāt)
non-past m نمسّ (nmass) تمسّ (tmass) يمسّ (ymass) نمسّوا (nmassu) تمسّوا (tmassu) يمسّوا (ymassu)
f تمسّي (tmassi) تمسّ (tmass)
imperative m مسّ (mass) مسّوا (massu)
f مسّي (massi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic مُوسًى (mūsan).

Pronunciation

Noun

مس • (miss) m (plural مساس (msās))

  1. Alternative form of موس (mūs)

Persian

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Etymology 1

Related to Ancient Greek μίσυ (mísu), a copper-containing mineral in medical writers. Also compares to Avar месед (mesed), Akhvakh мишиди (mišidi), Godoberi мисиди, Botlikh мисиди (misidi), Andi мисиди (misidi), Khvarshi маседи (masedi), Karata месед, мисид, Hunzib месед (mesed), Hinukh месед (mesed), Bagvalal месер (meser), Chamalal мисуд (misud), Tindi месейн, мисейн, Bezhta месед (mesed), Tsez месед (mesed), Rutul мисед, Lak муси (musi), Dargwa муси (musi) etc. all meaning “gold”, with a fossilized suffix. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mis
Dari reading? mis
Iranian reading? mes
Tajik reading? mis

Noun

Dari مس
Iranian Persian
Tajik мис

مس • (mes)

  1. copper
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: mis
  • → Chagatai: مس (mis)
    • Uyghur: مىس (mis)
    • Uzbek:
      Cyrillic script: мис (mis)
      Latin script: mis
  • → Kazakh: мыс (mys)
  • → Khalaj: mis
  • → Ottoman Turkish: mıs
  • → Turkmen: mis

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mas
Dari reading? mas
Iranian reading? mas
Tajik reading? mas

Noun

مس • (mas)

  1. fetter, shackle

References

  • Schulze, Wolfgang (2013) “Historische und areale Aspekte der Bodenschatz-Terminologie in den ostkaukasischen Sprachen”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎ (in German), volume 17, number 3, →DOI, pages 306–307
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “مس”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 1174b–1175a
  • Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎ (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 772b
  • Zumbroich, Thomas J. (2015) “‘The missī-stained finger-tip of the fair’: A cultural history of teeth and gum blackening in South Asia”, in eJournal of Indian Medicine‎, volume 8, number 1, pages 1–32
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