مس

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Arabic

Root
م س س (m s s)
4 terms

Verb

مَسَّ • (massa) I (first-person singular past مَسِسْتُ (masistu), non-past يَمَسُّ (yamassu), verbal noun مَسّ (mass) or مَسِيس (masīs))

  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 (I, geminate, i ~ a, full passive, verbal nouns مَسّ, مَسِيس)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر 		مَسّ, مَسِيس
mass, masīs
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل 		مَاسّ
māss
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول 		مَمْسُوس
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 مَسِسْتُ
masistu 		مَسِسْتَ
masista 		مَسَّ
massa 		مَسِسْتُمَا
masistumā 		مَسَّا
massā 		مَسِسْنَا
masisnā 		مَسِسْتُمْ
masistum 		مَسُّوا
massū
f مَسِسْتِ
masisti 		مَسَّتْ
massat 		مَسَّتَا
massatā 		مَسِسْتُنَّ
masistunna 		مَسِسْنَ
masisna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m أَمَسُّ
ʔamassu 		تَمَسُّ
tamassu 		يَمَسُّ
yamassu 		تَمَسَّانِ
tamassāni 		يَمَسَّانِ
yamassāni 		نَمَسُّ
namassu 		تَمَسُّونَ
tamassūna 		يَمَسُّونَ
yamassūna
f تَمَسِّينَ
tamassīna 		تَمَسُّ
tamassu 		تَمَسَّانِ
tamassāni 		تَمْسَسْنَ
tamsasna 		يَمْسَسْنَ
yamsasna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m أَمَسَّ
ʔamassa 		تَمَسَّ
tamassa 		يَمَسَّ
yamassa 		تَمَسَّا
tamassā 		يَمَسَّا
yamassā 		نَمَسَّ
namassa 		تَمَسُّوا
tamassū 		يَمَسُّوا
yamassū
f تَمَسِّي
tamassī 		تَمَسَّ
tamassa 		تَمَسَّا
tamassā 		تَمْسَسْنَ
tamsasna 		يَمْسَسْنَ
yamsasna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m أَمَسَّ, أَمَسِّ, أَمْسَسْ
ʔamassa, ʔamassi, ʔamsas 		تَمَسَّ, تَمَسِّ, تَمْسَسْ
tamassa, tamassi, tamsas 		يَمَسَّ, يَمَسِّ, يَمْسَسْ
yamassa, yamassi, yamsas 		تَمَسَّا
tamassā 		يَمَسَّا
yamassā 		نَمَسَّ, نَمَسِّ, نَمْسَسْ
namassa, namassi, namsas 		تَمَسُّوا
tamassū 		يَمَسُّوا
yamassū
f تَمَسِّي
tamassī 		تَمَسَّ, تَمَسِّ, تَمْسَسْ
tamassa, tamassi, tamsas 		تَمَسَّا
tamassā 		تَمْسَسْنَ
tamsasna 		يَمْسَسْنَ
yamsasna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m مَسَّ, مَسِّ, اِمْسَسْ
massa, massi, imsas 		مَسَّا
massā 		مَسُّوا
massū
f مَسِّي
massī 		اِمْسَسْنَ
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 مُسِسْتُ
musistu 		مُسِسْتَ
musista 		مُسَّ
mussa 		مُسِسْتُمَا
musistumā 		مُسَّا
mussā 		مُسِسْنَا
musisnā 		مُسِسْتُمْ
musistum 		مُسُّوا
mussū
f مُسِسْتِ
musisti 		مُسَّتْ
mussat 		مُسَّتَا
mussatā 		مُسِسْتُنَّ
musistunna 		مُسِسْنَ
musisna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m أُمَسُّ
ʔumassu 		تُمَسُّ
tumassu 		يُمَسُّ
yumassu 		تُمَسَّانِ
tumassāni 		يُمَسَّانِ
yumassāni 		نُمَسُّ
numassu 		تُمَسُّونَ
tumassūna 		يُمَسُّونَ
yumassūna
f تُمَسِّينَ
tumassīna 		تُمَسُّ
tumassu 		تُمَسَّانِ
tumassāni 		تُمْسَسْنَ
tumsasna 		يُمْسَسْنَ
yumsasna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m أُمَسَّ
ʔumassa 		تُمَسَّ
tumassa 		يُمَسَّ
yumassa 		تُمَسَّا
tumassā 		يُمَسَّا
yumassā 		نُمَسَّ
numassa 		تُمَسُّوا
tumassū 		يُمَسُّوا
yumassū
f تُمَسِّي
tumassī 		تُمَسَّ
tumassa 		تُمَسَّا
tumassā 		تُمْسَسْنَ
tumsasna 		يُمْسَسْنَ
yumsasna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m أُمَسَّ, أُمَسِّ, أُمْسَسْ
ʔumassa, ʔumassi, ʔumsas 		تُمَسَّ, تُمَسِّ, تُمْسَسْ
tumassa, tumassi, tumsas 		يُمَسَّ, يُمَسِّ, يُمْسَسْ
yumassa, yumassi, yumsas 		تُمَسَّا
tumassā 		يُمَسَّا
yumassā 		نُمَسَّ, نُمَسِّ, نُمْسَسْ
numassa, numassi, numsas 		تُمَسُّوا
tumassū 		يُمَسُّوا
yumassū
f تُمَسِّي
tumassī 		تُمَسَّ, تُمَسِّ, تُمْسَسْ
tumassa, tumassi, tumsas 		تُمَسَّا
tumassā 		تُمْسَسْنَ
tumsasna 		يُمْسَسْنَ
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 مس٢, 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 мисейи, 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: مس (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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