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)
  • Ottoman Turkish: محسوس (mahsûs)

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “محسوس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.