مس

See also: مش

Arabic

Root
م س س (m s s)
5 terms

Verb

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

(transitive) to feel, to touch
(transitive) to handle, to palpate
(transitive) to violate (something sacred)
(transitive) to infringe upon
(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?
(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
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مَسِسْتُ masistu	مَسِسْتَ masista	مَسَّ massa	مَسِسْتُمَا masistumā	مَسَّا massā	مَسِسْنَا masisnā	مَسِسْتُمْ masistum	مَسُّوا massū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	مَسِسْتُ masistu	مَسِسْتِ masisti	مَسَّتْ massat	مَسِسْتُمَا masistumā	مَسَّتَا massatā	مَسِسْنَا masisnā	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
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَمَسُّ ʔamassu	تَمَسِّينَ tamassīna	تَمَسُّ tamassu	تَمَسَّانِ tamassāni	تَمَسَّانِ tamassāni	نَمَسُّ namassu	تَمْسَسْنَ tamsasna	يَمْسَسْنَ yamsasna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَمَسَّ ʔamassa	تَمَسَّ tamassa	يَمَسَّ yamassa	تَمَسَّا tamassā	يَمَسَّا yamassā	نَمَسَّ namassa	تَمَسُّوا tamassū	يَمَسُّوا yamassū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَمَسَّ ʔamassa	تَمَسِّي tamassī	تَمَسَّ tamassa	تَمَسَّا tamassā	تَمَسَّا tamassā	نَمَسَّ namassa	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
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَمَسَّ, أَمَسِّ, أَمْسَسْ ʔamassa, ʔamassi, ʔamsas	تَمَسِّي tamassī	تَمَسَّ, تَمَسِّ, تَمْسَسْ tamassa, tamassi, tamsas	تَمَسَّا tamassā	تَمَسَّا tamassā	نَمَسَّ, نَمَسِّ, نَمْسَسْ namassa, namassi, namsas	تَمْسَسْنَ tamsasna	يَمْسَسْنَ yamsasna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		مَسَّ, مَسِّ, اِمْسَسْ massa, massi, imsas		مَسَّا massā			مَسُّوا massū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		مَسِّي massī		مَسَّا massā			اِمْسَسْنَ imsasna

passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مُسِسْتُ musistu	مُسِسْتَ musista	مُسَّ mussa	مُسِسْتُمَا musistumā	مُسَّا mussā	مُسِسْنَا musisnā	مُسِسْتُمْ musistum	مُسُّوا mussū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	مُسِسْتُ musistu	مُسِسْتِ musisti	مُسَّتْ mussat	مُسِسْتُمَا musistumā	مُسَّتَا mussatā	مُسِسْنَا musisnā	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
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُمَسُّ ʔumassu	تُمَسِّينَ tumassīna	تُمَسُّ tumassu	تُمَسَّانِ tumassāni	تُمَسَّانِ tumassāni	نُمَسُّ numassu	تُمْسَسْنَ tumsasna	يُمْسَسْنَ yumsasna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُمَسَّ ʔumassa	تُمَسَّ tumassa	يُمَسَّ yumassa	تُمَسَّا tumassā	يُمَسَّا yumassā	نُمَسَّ numassa	تُمَسُّوا tumassū	يُمَسُّوا yumassū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُمَسَّ ʔumassa	تُمَسِّي tumassī	تُمَسَّ tumassa	تُمَسَّا tumassā	تُمَسَّا tumassā	نُمَسَّ numassa	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
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُمَسَّ, أُمَسِّ, أُمْسَسْ ʔumassa, ʔumassi, ʔumsas	تُمَسِّي tumassī	تُمَسَّ, تُمَسِّ, تُمْسَسْ tumassa, tumassi, tumsas	تُمَسَّا tumassā	تُمَسَّا tumassā	نُمَسَّ, نُمَسِّ, نُمْسَسْ numassa, numassi, numsas	تُمْسَسْنَ tumsasna	يُمْسَسْنَ yumsasna

Descendants

Maltese: mess
→ French: masser
- → English: massage
- → German: massieren
- → Norwegian Bokmål: massere
- → Dutch: masseren

Noun

مَسّ • (mass) m

verbal noun of مَسَّ (massa) (form I)
touching, touch
contact
misfortune, calamity
attack, fit, frenzy
insanity, madness

Declension

Declension of noun **مَسّ** (mass)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	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^[1] (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^[2] (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

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian (mes).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /məs/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	mis

مس (mis)

copper

Derived terms

مسگەر (misger)
مسی (misî)
مسین (misîn)

References

Hejar (1990) “مس”, in Henbane borîne‎^[3], Tehran: Soroush, page 808
Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “mis”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 92

Khalaj

Noun

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

Arabic spelling of mis (“copper”)

Declension

Declension of
	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

Noun

مس (plural مس-مس or مس٢)

Jawi spelling of mas.‎

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
م س س
1 term

From Arabic مَسَّ (massa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mass/

Verb

مس • (mass) I (non-past يمس (ymass))

to touch, to feel
Synonym: قاس (qās)

ما تمسنيش! ― ma tmassnīš! ― Don't touch me!
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
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
past	m	مسّيت (massīt)	مسّيتي (massīti)	مسّ (mass)	مسّينا (massīna)	مسّيتوا (massītu)	مسّوا (massu)
past	f	مسّيت (massīt)	مسّيتي (massīti)	مسّت (massāt)	مسّينا (massīna)	مسّيتوا (massītu)	مسّوا (massu)
non-past	m	نمسّ (nmass)	تمسّ (tmass)	يمسّ (ymass)	نمسّوا (nmassu)	تمسّوا (tmassu)	يمسّوا (ymassu)
non-past	f	نمسّ (nmass)	تمسّي (tmassi)	تمسّ (tmass)	نمسّوا (nmassu)	تمسّوا (tmassu)	يمسّوا (ymassu)
imperative	m		مسّ (mass)			مسّوا (massu)
imperative	f		مسّي (massi)			مسّوا (massu)

Etymology 2

From Arabic مُوسًى (mūsan).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miss/

Noun

مس • (miss) m (plural مساس (msās))

alternative form of موس (mūs)

Persian

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 (mesed), мисид (misid), Hunzib месед (mesed), Hinukh месед (mesed), Bagvalal месер (meser), Chamalal мисуд (misud), Tindi мисейи, Bezhta месед (mesed), Tsez месед (mesed), Rutul мисед (mised), 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

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈmis/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɪ́s]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɪ́s]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mís]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [més]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mís]

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

Noun


Iranian Persian	مس
Dari	مس
Tajik	мис

مس • (mes)

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

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈmas/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mǽs]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mǽs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mǽs]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mǽs]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mǽs]

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

Noun

مس • (mas)

fetter, shackle

References

Schulze, Wolfgang (2013) “Historische und areale Aspekte der Bodenschatz-Terminologie in den ostkaukasischen Sprachen”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎^[4] (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^[5] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 1174b–1175a
Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎^[6] (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^[7], volume 8, number 1, pages 1–32