فاحشة

See also: فاحشه

Arabic

Root
ف ح ش (f ḥ š)
4 terms

Etymology

Derived from the feminine form of active participle of the verb فَحَشَ (faḥaša).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faː.ħi.ʃa/

Noun

فَاحِشَة • (fāḥiša) f (plural فَوَاحِش (fawāḥiš))

(countable) obscenity, immorality
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:32:
  وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنَى ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَسَاءَ سَبِيلًا
  walā taqrabū z-zinā ʔinnahu kāna fāḥišatan wasāʔa sabīlan
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of noun فَاحِشَة (fāḥiša)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَاحِشَة fāḥiša	الْفَاحِشَة al-fāḥiša	فَاحِشَة fāḥišat
Nominative	فَاحِشَةٌ fāḥišatun	الْفَاحِشَةُ al-fāḥišatu	فَاحِشَةُ fāḥišatu
Accusative	فَاحِشَةً fāḥišatan	الْفَاحِشَةَ al-fāḥišata	فَاحِشَةَ fāḥišata
Genitive	فَاحِشَةٍ fāḥišatin	الْفَاحِشَةِ al-fāḥišati	فَاحِشَةِ fāḥišati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَاحِشَتَيْن fāḥišatayn	الْفَاحِشَتَيْن al-fāḥišatayn	فَاحِشَتَيْ fāḥišatay
Nominative	فَاحِشَتَانِ fāḥišatāni	الْفَاحِشَتَانِ al-fāḥišatāni	فَاحِشَتَا fāḥišatā
Accusative	فَاحِشَتَيْنِ fāḥišatayni	الْفَاحِشَتَيْنِ al-fāḥišatayni	فَاحِشَتَيْ fāḥišatay
Genitive	فَاحِشَتَيْنِ fāḥišatayni	الْفَاحِشَتَيْنِ al-fāḥišatayni	فَاحِشَتَيْ fāḥišatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَوَاحِش fawāḥiš	الْفَوَاحِش al-fawāḥiš	فَوَاحِش fawāḥiš
Nominative	فَوَاحِشُ fawāḥišu	الْفَوَاحِشُ al-fawāḥišu	فَوَاحِشُ fawāḥišu
Accusative	فَوَاحِشَ fawāḥiša	الْفَوَاحِشَ al-fawāḥiša	فَوَاحِشَ fawāḥiša
Genitive	فَوَاحِشَ fawāḥiša	الْفَوَاحِشِ al-fawāḥiši	فَوَاحِشِ fawāḥiši

Related terms

فَحْشَاء (faḥšāʔ)

Descendants

→ Armenian: ֆահիշ (fahiš)
→ Azerbaijani: fahişə
→ Bashkir: фәхишә (fəxişə)
→ Persian: فاحشه (fâheše)
→ Ottoman Turkish: فاحشه (fāhişe)
> Turkish: fahişe (inherited)
→ Tatar: фәхишә (fäxişä), fäxişä
→ Urdu: فاحشہ (fāhiša)
→ Uyghur: پاھىشە (pahishe)
→ Uzbek: fohisha