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فصح
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaفِصْحٌ ذ : see فَصِيحٌ, first sentence. ― -b2- Also (tropical:) A day cloudless by reason of cold; (ISh, T, TA,) or a day without clouds and without cold; as also ↓ مُفْصِحٌ. (K.) ― -b3- And الفِصْحُ [or عِيدُ الفِصْحِ] (vulgarly pronounced الفَصْح, ISk, Msb) (tropical:) The festival of the Christians, (S, A, Msb, K,) [namely, Easter, ] when they break their fast, and eat flesh-meat, (S, Msb,) after haring fasted eight and forty days, the Sunday after these days being their festival: (TA:) [and the Passover of the Jews; also called الفَاسِخَ; thus with س and خ; more properly called عِيدُ الفَطِيرِ:] pl. فُصُوحٌ. (Msb, TA.)
Derived headwords
فِصْحٌ
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عِيدُ الفِصْحِ
عِيدُ الفَطِيرِ