See also: مش

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root م س س (m-s-s).

Verb edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

  • Maltese: mess
  • French: masser

Noun edit

مَسّ (massm

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

Declension edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

Noun edit

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

  1. Arabic spelling of mis (copper)

Declension edit

Malay edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
م س س
1 term

From Arabic مَسَّ (massa).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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 edit
    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 edit

From Arabic مُوسًى (mūsan).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مس (missm (plural مساس (msās))

  1. Alternative form of موس (mūs)

Persian edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

 

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

Noun edit

Dari مس
Iranian Persian
Tajik мис

مس (mes)

  1. copper
Descendants edit
  • Azerbaijani: mis
  • Chagatai: مس (mis)
  • Kazakh: мыс (mys)
  • Khalaj: mis
  • Ottoman Turkish: mıs
  • Turkmen: mis

Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

 

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

Noun edit

مس (mas)

  1. fetter, shackle

References edit

  • Schulze, Wolfgang (2013), “Historische und areale Aspekte der Bodenschatz-Terminologie in den ostkaukasischen Sprachen”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1] (in German), volume 17, issue 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[2] (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[3], volume 8, issue 1, pages 1–32