فصحى

Arabic

Etymology

Feminine form of the elative adjective أَفْصَح (ʾafṣaḥ, purest in language, most eloquent), derived from فَصِيح (faṣīḥ, pure in language, eloquent). The noun is derived from the expression لُغَة عَرَبِيَّة فُصْحَى (luḡa ʿarabiyya fuṣḥā, pure Arabic language).

Adjective

فُصْحَى (fuṣḥā) f

  1. feminine singular of أَفْصَح (ʾafṣaḥ)

Noun

فُصْحَى (fuṣḥā) f

  1. Fus-ha, standard Arabic language, Modern Standard Arabic, Classical Arabic

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References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), فصح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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