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الفاحشة

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns acts of extreme indecency, immorality, and wickedness, particularly sexual immorality. It extends to encompass severe sins, stinginess in fulfilling religious obligations, and offensive speech or behavior.

Derived headwords

الفَاحِشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Indecency, abominationboth

    An act of extreme indecency or wickedness, particularly referring to adultery or fornication. It encompasses anything God has forbidden due to its severe reprehensibility.

الفَحْشَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Stinginess (Zakat)classical

    Specifically refers to stinginess or reluctance in paying the obligatory charity (Zakat).

الفَاحِشadjective
  1. 1.
    Extremely stingyclassical

    Describes someone who is exceedingly stingy, particularly in fulfilling their religious obligations.

  2. 2.
    Excessive, overwhelmingboth

    Describes something that is excessive or overwhelming in quantity or degree.

فَحُشَverb
  1. 1.
    To be excessive, to be indecentboth

    The verb form indicating something becoming excessive, extreme, or indecent.

فُحْشًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Excess, indecencyboth

    The state or quality of being excessive, extreme, or indecent. It is the verbal noun (masdar) of 'faha-sha'.

الفُحْشnoun
  1. 1.
    Offensive speech, rudenessboth

    Refers to rude, offensive, or impertinent speech. It can also refer to general indecency or obscenity.

فَاحِشَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Indecent, obsceneboth

    An adjective describing someone or something that is indecent, obscene, or excessively rude.

فَحَّاشadjective
  1. 1.
    Very indecent, extremely rudeboth

    An intensive form of 'fāḥish', describing someone who is extremely indecent or habitually rude and offensive.

أَفْحَشَverb
  1. 1.
    To utter obscenity, to be rudeboth

    Form IV verb meaning to utter obscenities, to speak rudely, or to commit an indecent act.

تَفَاحَشَverb
  1. 1.
    To commit indecency, to reveal indecencyboth

    Form VI verb meaning to commit an indecent act, to reveal or make public something indecent.

Parallel reading

الفاحشة: الزنى، وما يشتد قبحه من الذنوب، وكل ما نهى الله عز وجل عنه.
Al-Fāḥishah: adultery, and what is severely reprehensible of sins, and everything that God, the Almighty, has forbidden.
والفحشاء: البخل في أداء الزكاة.
And Al-Fuḥshā': stinginess in paying Zakat.
والفاحش: البخيل جدا، والكثير الغالب، وقد فحش، ككرم، فحشا.
And Al-Fāḥish: extremely stingy, and abundant/overwhelming, and it became excessive, like karuma (to be generous), fahsā' (excess).
والفحش: عدوان الجواب، ومنه: "لا تكوني فاحشة" لعائشة، رضي الله عنها.
And Al-Fuḥsh: transgression in response, and from it: 'Do not be indecent' to Aisha, may God be pleased with her.
ورجل فاحش وفحاش.
And a man who is indecent and very indecent.
وأفحش: قال الفحش.
And Afḥasha: he uttered obscenities.
وتفاحش: أتى به، وأظهره.
And Tafāḥasha: he committed it, and he revealed it.