الفصحى

Arabic

Etymology

Definite feminine form of the elative adjective أَفْصَح (ʔafṣaḥ, “purest in language, most eloquent”), derived from فَصِيح (faṣīḥ, “pure in language, eloquent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.fusˤ.ħaː/

Noun

الْفُصْحَى • (al-fuṣḥā) f

1. Fusha, standard Arabic language, Modern Standard Arabic, Classical Arabic

Declension

Declension of noun الْفُصْحَى (al-fuṣḥā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْفُصْحَى al-fuṣḥā	—
Nominative	—	الْفُصْحَى al-fuṣḥā	—
Accusative	—	الْفُصْحَى al-fuṣḥā	—
Genitive	—	الْفُصْحَى al-fuṣḥā	—

Synonyms

• اللُّغَة الْعَرَبِيَّة الْفُصْحَى (al-luḡa(t) al-ʕarabiyya(t) al-fuṣḥā)

Antonyms

• الْعَامِّيَّة (al-ʕāmmiyya)
• الدَّارِجَة (ad-dārija)
• لَهْجَة (lahja)

Descendants

• English: Fusha
• Russian: фусха (fusxa)

References

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