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مَسٌّ

Root: مس

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مَسٌّ : see 1.
2 It is used to denote [the first sensible effect of] anything annoying or hurtful that befalls a man. Thus in the Kur, [liv. 48,] ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ Taste ye the first effect upon you of the fire of hell: or the stroke thereof: or the heat and pain thereof. In like manner you say, وَجَدَ مَسَّ الحُمَّى He felt the commencement, or first touch, [or access,] of fever, before its taking him forcibly, and becoming apparent. And لَمْ يَجِدْ مَسًّا مِنَ النَّصَبِ He did not feel the first sensation of fatigue. [And hence,] بِهِ مَسٌّ مِنَ الجُنُونِ [In him is a touch, or stroke, of madness, or insanity, or diabolical possession]: and مَسٌّ, alone, signifies madness, or insanity, or diabolical possession: as in the Kur, ii. 276: and you say بِهِ مَسٌّ in him is madness, &c.: for they assert that the devil touches one and his intellect in consequence becomes confused.
3 You say also, هُوَ حَسَنُ المَسِّ فِى مَالِهِ He has the impress of a good state, or condition, in his camels, or sheep, or goats: and رَأَيْتُ لَهُ مَسًّا فِى مَالِهِ I saw him to have an impress of a good state, or condition, in his camels, &c.: like as you say إِصْبَعًا.
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