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متس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to be a variant or dialectal form of the root مطس, primarily related to the concept of touching, feeling, or probing, especially in a gentle or exploratory manner. It also carries a sense of deception or trickery.

Derived headwords

المتسnoun
  1. 1.
    Variant of المطسclassical

    A linguistic variant or dialectal form of the word المطس.

متسverb
  1. 1.
    To touch gentlyclassical

    To touch or feel something gently, similar to the meaning of مطس.

متسnoun
  1. 1.
    Gentle touchingclassical

    The act of touching or feeling something gently, a masdar of the verb متس.

يمتسهverb
  1. 1.
    To deceiveclassical

    To trick or deceive someone, with the intention of taking something from them.

Parallel reading

المتس: لغة في المطس.
Al-mutass: A variant pronunciation of al-matass.
متس العذرة متسا: لغة في مطس.
Mutass al-'udhra mutasan: A variant pronunciation of matass al-'udhra.
ومتسه يمتسه متسا: أراغه لينتزعه.
And he mutass-ed it, he yamtass-es it mutasan: he deceived it so as to snatch it.