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فحش

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 افحش ذ , (Msb, K,) or افحش فِى المَنْطِقِ, (S,) or فِى الكَلَامِ, (Mgh,) or فِى كَلَامِهِ, (A,) inf. n. اـِفْحَاشٌ and ↓ فُحْشٌ, accord. to Lh and Kr, but the latter is correctly a simple subst. [used as an inf. n. of this verb], (TA,) He uttered فُحْش, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) i. e., foul, evil, bad, abominable, unseemly, [ gross, immodest, lewd, or obscene, ] speech or language; (Mgh, Msb;) as also ↓ فَحَشَ فى المنطق, (TA,) and فى الكلام ↓ فحّش, (Mgh,) or فى كلامه, (A,) and فى كلامه ↓ تفحّش: (S, A:) and ↓ تَفَاحَشَ also signifies the same; and he manifested, discovered, or revealed, or he made a show of, such speech or language. (O, * K, * TA.) You say, افحش عَلَيْهِ فِى المَنْطِقِ [ He uttered such speech or language against him ]; (S;) and in like manner, ↓ فَحَشَ, (TA,) and ↓ فحّش; (Mgh;) and عَلَيْهِ بِلِسَانِهِ ↓ تفحّش. (TA.) ― -b2- Also افحش He was, or became, niggardly, tenacious, or avaricious. (Msb.)

Derived headwords

افحشverb
  1. 1.
افحش فِى المَنْطِقِ
فِى الكَلَامِ
فِى كَلَامِهِ
فى المنطق
فى الكلام
فى كلامه
افحش عَلَيْهِ فِى المَنْطِقِ
عَلَيْهِ بِلِسَانِهِ