مس

See also: مش

Arabic

Etymology

From the 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

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

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), مس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 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

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mas]
  • Rhymes: -mas, -as

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

  • IPA(key): /mass/

Verb

مس (mass) (form 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

  • IPA(key): /miss/

Noun

مس (miss) m (plural مساس (msās))

  1. Alternative form of موس (mūs)

Persian

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /mɪs/

Noun

Dari مس
Iranian Persian
Tajik мис (mis)

مس (mes)

  1. copper
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