A measure of the amount of material in an object, defined either by the
inertial properties of the object or by its gravitational influence on other
bodies. See also → inertial mass,
→ gravitational mass.
A considerable assemblage, number, or quantity.
Etymology (EN): From O.Fr. masse “lump,” from L. massa “kneaded dough, lump,” from Gk.
maza “barley cake, lump, mass, ball,” related to massein “to knead.”
Etymology (PE): Jerm, from Ar. jirm.
Qond “assembled, collected; a crowd,” related to
gondé “coarse, thick; big;” Mid.Pers. gund “troop, group, gathering;”
loaned into Arm. gund and Ar. jund.
Tudé “heap, stack, tumulus;” cf. Kurd. tavda “all, total;”
Tati tâya “heap, mass;” Sogd. tuδē “heap, mass.”
Perhaps related to PIE *teuta- “people, tribe;” cf. Lith. tauta,
Oscan touto, O.Irish tuath, Goth. þiuda, O.E.
þeod “people, folk, race.”
Anbuh “numerous, abundant,”
from Proto-Iranian *ham-buH- “to come together,” from ham- “together,”
→ com- + *buH- “to be , become,” Av. ham.bauu-
“to come together, unite,” from ham- as above + bauu-, bu- “to be,
become,” O.Pers. bav- “to be, become,” Mod.Pers. budan “to be,”
Skt. bhavati “becomes, happens,”
PIE base *bheu-, *bhu- “to grow, become;” cf.
Gk. phu- “become,” P.Gmc. *beo-, *beu-, E. be.
