فصح

4 افصح ذ : see 1, first sentence, in two places. ― -b2- It is also said of urine, (K, TA,) as mentioned by IAar, but not expl. by him, (TA,) meaning It became clear, or free from turbidness. (K.) ― -b3- And افصحت is said of a ewe, or she-goat, (S, A, K,) and of a she-camel, (TA,) meaning Her milk became free from admixture; (K;) or free from froth, and clear of its biestings: (A:) or her biestings ceased, and the milk came after: (Lh, TA:) or her biestings ceased, and her milk became free from admixture. (S.) ― -b4- And [hence] افصح signifies also (tropical:) He spoke with فَصَاحَة; (K, TA;) [i. e. clearness, perspicuousness, or distinctness; accord. to the explanation of فصاحة in the K, and the usage of this verb in numerous exs.; or with chasteness, or correctness; ] as also افصح الكَلَامَ and افصح بِهِ, and افصح القَوْلَ; but when the verb became in frequent use, and commonly known, the objective complement became dropped, as in the case of أَحْسَنَ, &c.: (TA:) (assumed tropical:) he spoke clearly, or plainly, (A, * K, * TA,) to another; (A, TA;) without indistinctness, or without concealment: (TA:) [and] (tropical:) he (a foreigner) spoke Arabic: (S, A, Msb:) or (assumed tropical:) spoke Arabic correctly: (ISk, Msb:) [and] (assumed tropical:) he (a man of barbarous or vitious or indistinct speech) spoke intelligibly. (L.) And one says, افصح فِى مَنْطِقِهِ (tropical:) He (a child) began to speak intelligibly. (A, L.) And ↓ افصح فُلَانٌ ثُمَّ فَصُحَ (tropical:) [ He spoke Arabic, and then became good in his language, or dialect: so accord. to Er-Rághib, as cited in the Mz, 9th نوع; in which it is said that some, but not so correctly, use these two verbs in the converse manner: or he spoke clearly, or intelligibly, and then became chaste, or good and correct, or eloquent, in his speech, or language ]. (A.) And افصح is also used in poetry as signifying (assumed tropical:) He (an animal not endowed with speech) uttered a sound, or cry, clearly. (L.) And one says, افصح عَنْ شَىْءٍ, inf. n. اـِفْصَاحٌ [in this and the preceding senses], meaning (tropical:) He explained a thing. (A, * TA.) And افصح عَنْ مُرَادِهِ (assumed tropical:) He showed or revealed [ his desire or his meaning ]. (Msb.) ― -b5- Also (assumed tropical:) It (a thing) became clearly apparent, manifest, or evident. (K.) One says, افصح الصُّبْحُ (tropical:) The daybreak became clearly apparent; (A, * K;) the light of daybreak appeared. (S.) ― -b6- And افصح الرَّجُلُ مِنْ كَذَا (assumed tropical:) The man got clear out of such a thing; or escaped from it. (S, TA.) You say, نُفْصِحُ مِنْ شِتَائِنَا (tropical:) We shall get clear out of our winter. (A.) ― -b7- And أَفْصَحُوا (tropical:) They (the Christians, S, A, K) entered upon, (S, K,) or celebrated, (A,) the festival called الفِصْح [or Easter ], (S, A, K,) and broke their fast, eating flesh-meat. (TA.) [And said also of Jews, meaning They celebrated the Passover: see الفِصْحُ.]