Root

م-س-س

mss·m-s-s

61 occurrences57 verses4 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
مَسَّmassa56—
مَسّmass2—
يَتَماسَّyatamāssa2—
مِساسmisās1—

Derived forms tree · the patterns built on م-س-س

The same words as the table above, grouped by the wazn they are built on. Form assignment and counts are read from the morphology; what each form means is classical grammar — a tendency, not a rule, so a given word may sit outside its form’s usual sense.

  1. Form Iفَعَلَ56×

    the base sense, unmarked · interpretive

    • مَسَّmassa56
  2. Form VIتَفَاعَلَ2×

    often mutual, between parties · interpretive

    • يَتَماسَّyatamāssa2

Covers 58 of this root’s 61 occurrences — the rest are nouns, participles and particles the morphology assigns no verb form.

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with م-س-س more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where م-س-س falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times م-س-س occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 52 of 604 pages (9%)

Densest in juzʾ 4 (4 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 46 pages — pages 74–119, juzʾ 4–6.

Occurrences · 61 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root م-س-س appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root م-س-س (mss) occurs 61 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 57 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does م-س-س occur?

57 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from م-س-س (mss), out of 61 total occurrences.

What words come from the root م-س-س?

م-س-س (mss) yields 4 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently مَسَّ (massa, 56×), مَسّ (mass, 2×), يَتَماسَّ (yatamāssa, 2×), and مِساس (misās, 1×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.