ف ح ش

See also: فحش

Arabic

Etymology

• Possibly related to the root of فَحْل (faḥl), for the root f-ḥ-l is somewhat developed in Ge'ez in the meaning of “lasciviousness”
• Possible related to Classical Syriac ܦܚܶܙ (pḥez, “to act voluptuously”), Hebrew פָּחַז (pāḥaz, “to leap, to bound; to be wanton; to be lascivious; to be proud”), which could also relate to the root ف خ ر (f-ḵ-r).

Root

ف ح ش • (f-ḥ-š)

1. grossness
   1. excessiveness, excessive behavior
   2. enormousness, immoderateness
   3. foulness, obscenity, indecency; ugliness

Derived terms

• Form I: فَحُشَ (faḥuša)
  • Verbal noun: فُحْش (fuḥš)
  • Active participle: فَاحِش (fāḥiš)
• Form III: فَاحَشَ (fāḥaša)
  • Verbal noun: مُفَاحَشَة (mufāḥaša), فِحَاش (fiḥāš)
  • Active participle: مُفَاحِش (mufāḥiš)
  • Passive participle: مُفَاحَش (mufāḥaš)
• Form IV: أَفْحَشَ (ʔafḥaša)
  • Verbal noun: إِفْحَاش (ʔifḥāš)
  • Active participle: مُفْحِش (mufḥiš)
  • Passive participle: مُفْحَش (mufḥaš)
• Form VI: تَفَاحَشَ (tafāḥaša)
  • Verbal noun: تَفَاحُش (tafāḥuš)
  • Active participle: مُتَفَاحِش (mutafāḥiš)
  • Passive participle: مُتَفَاحَش (mutafāḥaš)
• Form X: اِسْتَفْحَشَ (istafḥaša)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِفْحَاش (istifḥāš)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَفْحِش (mustafḥiš)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَفْحَش (mustafḥaš)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1347
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ف ح ش”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2344
• H6348 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible