[1]
مَسَّهُ , (A, Mgh,) first pers.
مَسِسْتُهُ, (S, M,
Msb, K,) for which they sometimes say
مِسْتُهُ,
rejecting the first
س, (Sb, * S, M, * K,) and transferring the kesreh thereof to the
م (Sb, * S, M, *)
contr. to general rule, (Sb, M,) and some do not
transfer the kesreh, but leave the
م with its
fethah, [saying
مَسْتُهُ,] like
ظِلْتُمْ and
ظَلْتُمْ for
ظَلِلْتُمْ, an irregular contraction, (S,) aor.
يَمَسُّهُ,
(S, Msb, K,) [and
يَمْسَسْهُ when mejzoom, accord.
to rule,] inf. n.
مَسٌّ (S, M, A, Msb, K) and
مَسِيسٌ, (S, * M, A, K,) or the latter is a simple
subst., (Msb,) and
مِسِّيسَى; (S, * K;) and [
مَسَّهُ,]
first pers.
مَسَسْتُهُ; aor.
يَمُسُّهُ, (AO, S, M, Msb, K,)
inf. n.
مَسٌّ; (Msb;) the former of which two
verbs is the more chaste; (S, TA;)
He touched
it, or
felt it, [generally the former,] syn.
لَمَسَهُ,
(M, A, K,)
with his hand: (TA: as from the
K [but wanting in a MS copy of the K and in
the CK:]) or
he put his hand to it without the
intervention of anything: (Msb:) or
مَسٌّ is like
لَمْسٌ; excepting that the latter is [sometimes]
used to signify the seeking for [or feeling for]
a thing, even though it be not found; whereas
the former is [only] said of that [
action]
with
which is perception by the sense of لمس: (Er-Rághib, TA:) [see also
لَمَسَهُ:] and [in like
manner you say,]
مَاسَّ الشَّىْءُ الشَّىْءَ, inf. n.
مُمَاسَّةٌ and
مِسَاسٌ, (M, A, *) meaning,
the thing
met [or
touched]
the thing with its substance.
(M.) ―
2-b2- [Hence,]
مَسَّهَا, (M, A, Msb,) first pers.
مَسِسْتُهَا, aor.
يَمَسُّهَا, (Msb,) inf. n.
مَسٌّ and
مَسِيسٌ,
(Mgh, Msb,) (tropical:)
Inivit eam; scil. mulierem;
(M, A, Msb;) as also ↓
مَاسَّهَا, (M, A, Msb,)
inf. n.
مُمَاسَّةٌ (S, Msb) and
مِسَاسٌ: (Msb:) the
former is used in this sense in several places in the
Kur, and is said by some to be preferable to the
latter: (TA:) and
تَمَاسٌّ is also used metonymically for [the
coming together, in the sense of]
مُبَاضَعَةٌ, as well as
مُمَاسَّةٌ. (S.) ―
2-b3-
مَسَّ المَآءُ
الجَسَدَ, inf. n.
مَسٌّ, (tropical:)
The water wetted the body.
(Msb.) ―
2-b4-
مَسَّ also signifies (tropical:)
He, or
it, struck,
or
smote; because striking, or smiting, like touching, is with the hand. (TA.) You say,
مَسَّهُ
بِالسَّوْطِ (tropical:)
He struck him with the whip]. (A.) ―
2-b5-
And it is said of anything annoying or hurtful
that befals a man. Thus in the Kur, [ii. 74,
and iii. 23,]
لَنْ تَمَسَّنَا النَّارُ (tropical:) [
The fire of hell
will
not smite us; or here it may be rendered
touch
us]. And [ii. 210,]
مَسَّتْهُمُ البَأْسَآءُ [
Distress, or
misfortune, smote, or
afflicted, or
befell, them].
And in other instances; all which are similar to
the saying in the same,
ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ. (TA.)
[See
مَسٌّ below.] You say also,
مَسَّهُ المَرَضُ
(tropical:) [
Sickness smote him, or
befell him]: and
مَسَّهُ
العَذَابُ (tropical:) [
Punishment befell him]: and
مَسَّهُ الكِبَرُ
(tropical:) [
Old age came upon him]. (A.) And
مَسَّتْهُ
الجِنُّ (tropical:) [lit.
The jinn, or
genii touched him;
meaning,
affected him with madness, or
insanity]:
(TA:) [whence,]
مُسَّ, [in the TA,
مُسَّ بِهِ, app.
meaning, from what immediately precedes,
مُسَّ
بِالجُنُونِ, inf. n.
مَسٌّ,]
He was, or
became, [
touched
with madness, or
insanity: or]
mad, or
insane:
(K:) as though the jinn had touched him. (TA.)
And
مَسَّهُ بِعَذَابٍ (tropical:)
He punished him. (TA, from
a trad.) ―
2-b6- [Hence, app.,]
مَسَّتْ إِلَيْهِ الحَاجَةُ,
(S, K,) inf. n. [
مَسٌّ and]
مَسِيسٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) [which
seems to signify either
The want of him, or
it,
was difficult of accomplishment, or
distressing;
or
the want was difficult of accomplishment, or
distressing, to him]. (S, K,. [In both these
lexicons, the meaning is left to be inferred only
from the fact that this phrase immediately follows
the explanation of
حَاجَةٌ مَاسَّةٌ,
q. v.]) ―
2-b7- [
مَسَّ is
also said of what is good, as well as of what is
evil; as in the following instance:]
مَسَّتْهُ مَوَاسُّ
الخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ (tropical:) [
The haps of good fortune, and of
evil,]
happened to him, or
betided him. (TA.)
―
2-b8- [As touching implies proximity,]
مَسَّتْ بِكَ رَحِمُ
فُلَانٍ signifies (tropical:)
The relationship of such a one
is near to you. (S, K, * TA.) ―
2-b9- And as
مَسَّ
originally signifies “ he touched or felt with the
hand, ” it is used metaphorically as meaning
(tropical:)
He took a thing; as, for instance, (in a trad.,)
water from a
مِيضَأَة. (TA.) ＝
1-A2-
مَسَّ is made
doubly trans. by means of the prep.
بِ prefixed
to the second objective complement. (Msb.) See
4, in two places.