مسس

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of touching, feeling, or reaching something with the hand. It extends to concepts of contact, connection, and interaction, including sexual intercourse. Metaphorically, it can refer to affliction, madness, or a pressing need.

Derived headwords

مَسَّهُ، بالكسر، يَمُسُّهُ مَسًّا ومَسِيسًاverb

1.
to touchboth
To make physical contact with something using one's hand. This is considered the most eloquent form.
2.
to feelboth
To perceive or experience something, often a sensation like fatigue.

مَسَّهُ، بالفتح، يَمُسُّهُverb

1.
to touchclassical
To touch, a variant pronunciation of the verb.

مَسَّverb

1.
to touchboth
To touch something with the hand.
2.
to afflictclassical
To afflict or punish someone.
3.
to take waterclassical
To take water, as in for ablution.

مَسَّسْتُهُverb

1.
to touchclassical
To touch, a less common form.

مَسِيسnoun

1.
touchboth
The act of touching or contact.
2.
initial fatigueclassical
The first sensation of tiredness or exhaustion.

مَسِيسَىnoun

1.
touchclassical
The act of touching or contact, similar to مسيس.

مَسَّهُنَّverb

1.
to touch them (fem. pl.)both
To touch them (referring to women), often in the context of sexual intercourse.

تَمَسُّوهُنَّverb

1.
to touch them (fem. pl.)both
To touch them (referring to women), often in the context of sexual intercourse.

يَمْسَسْنِيverb

1.
to touch meboth
To touch me, often implying sexual contact or harm.

مَسَّnoun

1.
touchboth
The act of touching with the hand.
2.
madnessboth
Madness or insanity, as if touched by a jinn.
3.
copperclassical
Copper, though its Arabic origin is uncertain.

مَسَّهُ بِعَذَابٍverb

1.
to afflict him with punishmentclassical
To afflict someone with punishment or torment.

مَسُّواverb

1.
touch (imperative pl.)classical
Touch (plural imperative), used here to mean 'take water'.

مَسَّهُ جُنُونٌverb

1.
madness touched himboth
To be afflicted with madness or insanity.

مَاسَّهُverb

1.
to touchboth
To touch something, often implying sexual intercourse.
2.
to meetclassical
For two entities to meet or encounter each other.

مُمَاسَّةnoun

1.
touchingboth
The act of touching, often used as a euphemism for sexual intercourse.

مُمَاسَّةadjective

1.
closeboth
Close or near, referring to kinship or a pressing need.

مَاسَّةadjective

1.
pressingboth
Pressing or urgent, referring to a need.

مَسَّ الْحُمَّىnoun

1.
onset of feverclassical
The beginning or early signs of a fever.

مَمْسُوسadjective

1.
touchedboth
Touched, often implying being afflicted by madness.

مَسُوسadjective

1.
touched by handsclassical
Touched by hands, implying it has been handled or used.
2.
water that quenches thirstclassical
Water that quenches thirst, especially if it is slightly salty or has a particular taste.
3.
sweet and clear waterclassical
Sweet and clear water.
4.
bitter waterclassical
Bitter or burning water due to its saltiness.
5.
effective pastureclassical
Pasture that is nourishing and effective for grazing animals.
6.
antidoteclassical
An antidote, especially for poison.

لا مَسَاسphrase

1.
no touchingboth
Do not touch me; a prohibition against contact, often used in a divine command or as a curse.
2.
no intercourseclassical
No sexual intercourse; a euphemism for avoiding intimacy.

يَتَمَاسَّاverb

1.
to touch each otherboth
To touch each other, often implying sexual intimacy.

مَسٌّnoun

1.
madnessboth
Madness or insanity, particularly that attributed to demonic possession.

مَسَّهُ شَكْوَىverb

1.
he complained to himclassical
To complain to someone about something.

مَسَّةnoun

1.
game of chanceclassical
A game played by children, also called 'al-asann' or 'al-ḍabṭah'.

مِسْمَسَةnoun

1.
confusionclassical
Confusion or entanglement of affairs.

مِسْمَاسnoun

1.
confusionclassical
Confusion or entanglement of affairs.

مَسَّىverb

1.
to touchclassical
To touch, used in a specific context related to extracting a fetus.

Parallel reading

مسسته، بالكسر، أمسه مسا ومسيسا: لمسته، هذه اللغة الفصيحة

I touched it, with kasra, I touch it masan and masisan: I touched it, this is the eloquent language.

وقالوا مست، حذفوا فألقوا الحركة على الفاء كما قالوا خفت

And they said 'must', they deleted and threw the vowel onto the fa' as they said 'khift'.

وربما قالوا مست الشيء، يحذفون منه السين الأولى ويحولون كسرتها إلى الميم

And sometimes they say 'must al-shay', they delete the first sin from it and transfer its kasra to the mim.

لو رأيت الوعول تجرش ما بين لابتيها ما مستها

If you saw the mountain goats grazing between its two lava fields, they would not touch it.

وأمسسته الشيء فمسه

And I touched the thing to him, and he touched it.

ولم نجد مسا من النصب

And we did not feel any fatigue from the hardship.

وإن طلقتموهن من قبل أن تماسوهن

And if you divorce them before you touch them.

فمسه بعذاب

And He touched him with punishment.

فقال: مسوا منها أي خذوا منها الماء وتوضؤوا

And he said: 'Touch from it', meaning 'take water from it and perform ablution'.

ولم يمسسني بشر

And no human being has touched me.

وماس الشيء الشيء مماسة ومساسا: لقيه بذاته

And a thing met another thing, mimāssatan and masāsan: it encountered it with its essence.

ورحم ماسة ومساسة أي قرابة قريبة

And a close relative and a close kinship means near relation.

وحاجة ماسة أي مهمة

And a pressing need means important.

الذي يتخبطه الشيطان من المس

Who is seized by the devil in madness.

ماء مسوس: تناولته الأيدي

Masūs water: hands have touched it.

فقد أصبح الراضون، إذ أنتم بها ... مسوس البلاد، يشتكون وبالها

The contented have become, when you are with them... the antidote of the land, complaining of its harm.

فإن لك في الحياة أن تقول لا مساس

Then indeed for you in this life is to say, 'No touching'.

زوجي المس مس أرنب

My husband is gentle like a rabbit.

إن كنت من أمرك في مسماس، ... فاسط على أمك سطو الماس

If you are in confusion about your affair, then attack your mother with the attack of the weasel.