فصيح

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Arabic

Root
ف ص ح (f ṣ ḥ)
4 terms

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb فَصُحَ (faṣuḥa, to become eloquent).

Pronunciation

Adjective

فَصِيح (faṣīḥ) (feminine فَصِيحَة (faṣīḥa), common plural فِصَاح (fiṣāḥ), masculine plural فُصَحَاء (fuṣaḥāʔ) or فُصُح (fuṣuḥ), feminine plural فَصِيحَات (faṣīḥāt) or فَصَائِح (faṣāʔiḥ), elative أَفْصَح (ʔafṣaḥ))

  1. pure in language (especially of literary Arabic)
  2. eloquent
  3. fluent
  4. loquacious, voluble
  5. clear and distinct in speech

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: fəsih
  • Classical Persian: فَصِیح (fasīh)
  • Ottoman Turkish: فصیح
  • Indonesian: fasih
  • Malay: fasih
  • Swahili: fasihi

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