محسوس

Arabic

Root
ح س س (ḥ s s)
12 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of حَسَّ (ḥassa, “to feel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maħ.suːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

Adjective

مَحْسُوس • (maḥsūs)

1. felt, sensed, perceived
2. perceptible

Declension

Declension of adjective مَحْسُوس (maḥsūs)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَحْسُوس maḥsūs	الْمَحْسُوس al-maḥsūs	مَحْسُوسَة maḥsūsa	الْمَحْسُوسَة al-maḥsūsa
Nominative	مَحْسُوسٌ maḥsūsun	الْمَحْسُوسُ al-maḥsūsu	مَحْسُوسَةٌ maḥsūsatun	الْمَحْسُوسَةُ al-maḥsūsatu
Accusative	مَحْسُوسًا maḥsūsan	الْمَحْسُوسَ al-maḥsūsa	مَحْسُوسَةً maḥsūsatan	الْمَحْسُوسَةَ al-maḥsūsata
Genitive	مَحْسُوسٍ maḥsūsin	الْمَحْسُوسِ al-maḥsūsi	مَحْسُوسَةٍ maḥsūsatin	الْمَحْسُوسَةِ al-maḥsūsati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَحْسُوسَيْن maḥsūsayn	الْمَحْسُوسَيْن al-maḥsūsayn	مَحْسُوسَتَيْن maḥsūsatayn	الْمَحْسُوسَتَيْن al-maḥsūsatayn
Nominative	مَحْسُوسَانِ maḥsūsāni	الْمَحْسُوسَانِ al-maḥsūsāni	مَحْسُوسَتَانِ maḥsūsatāni	الْمَحْسُوسَتَانِ al-maḥsūsatāni
Accusative	مَحْسُوسَيْنِ maḥsūsayni	الْمَحْسُوسَيْنِ al-maḥsūsayni	مَحْسُوسَتَيْنِ maḥsūsatayni	الْمَحْسُوسَتَيْنِ al-maḥsūsatayni
Genitive	مَحْسُوسَيْنِ maḥsūsayni	الْمَحْسُوسَيْنِ al-maḥsūsayni	مَحْسُوسَتَيْنِ maḥsūsatayni	الْمَحْسُوسَتَيْنِ al-maḥsūsatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	مَحْسُوسَات maḥsūsāt	الْمَحْسُوسَات al-maḥsūsāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	مَحْسُوسَاتٌ maḥsūsātun	الْمَحْسُوسَاتُ al-maḥsūsātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	مَحْسُوسَاتٍ maḥsūsātin	الْمَحْسُوسَاتِ al-maḥsūsāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	مَحْسُوسَاتٍ maḥsūsātin	الْمَحْسُوسَاتِ al-maḥsūsāti

Descendants

• → Persian: محسوس (maḥsūs)
  • → Urdu: محسوس (mahsūs)
• → Ottoman Turkish: محسوس (mahsûs)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محسوس (maḥsūs), itself from Arabic مَحْسُوس (maḥsūs).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məɦ.suːs/, [mɛɦ.suːs]
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): [mə.suːs]
• Rhymes: -uːs
• Hyphenation: مَحْ‧سُوس

Adjective

مَحْسُوس • (mahsūs) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling महसूस)

1. felt, sensed, perceived

Further reading

• “محسوس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “محسوس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “محسوس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.