فاحشة

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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

Noun

فَاحِشَة (fāḥišaf (plural فَوَاحِش (fawāḥiš))

  1. (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)

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