فاحشة

See also: فاحشه

Arabic

Root
ف ح ش (f ḥ š)
4 terms

Etymology

Derived from the feminine form of active participle of the verb فَحَشَ (faḥaša).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faː.ħi.ʃa/

Noun

فَاحِشَة • (fāḥiša) f (plural فَوَاحِش (fawāḥiš))

1. (countable) obscenity, immorality
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:32:

     وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنَى ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَسَاءَ سَبِيلًا

     walā taqrabū z-zinā ʔinnahu kāna fāḥišatan wasāʔa sabīlan

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of noun فَاحِشَة (fāḥiša)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَاحِشَة fāḥiša	الْفَاحِشَة al-fāḥiša	فَاحِشَة fāḥišat
nominative	فَاحِشَةٌ fāḥišatun	الْفَاحِشَةُ al-fāḥišatu	فَاحِشَةُ fāḥišatu
accusative	فَاحِشَةً fāḥišatan	الْفَاحِشَةَ al-fāḥišata	فَاحِشَةَ fāḥišata
genitive	فَاحِشَةٍ fāḥišatin	الْفَاحِشَةِ al-fāḥišati	فَاحِشَةِ fāḥišati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَاحِشَتَيْن fāḥišatayn	الْفَاحِشَتَيْن al-fāḥišatayn	فَاحِشَتَيْ fāḥišatay
nominative	فَاحِشَتَانِ fāḥišatāni	الْفَاحِشَتَانِ al-fāḥišatāni	فَاحِشَتَا fāḥišatā
accusative	فَاحِشَتَيْنِ fāḥišatayni	الْفَاحِشَتَيْنِ al-fāḥišatayni	فَاحِشَتَيْ fāḥišatay
genitive	فَاحِشَتَيْنِ fāḥišatayni	الْفَاحِشَتَيْنِ al-fāḥišatayni	فَاحِشَتَيْ fāḥišatay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	فَوَاحِش fawāḥiš	الْفَوَاحِش al-fawāḥiš	فَوَاحِش fawāḥiš
nominative	فَوَاحِشُ fawāḥišu	الْفَوَاحِشُ al-fawāḥišu	فَوَاحِشُ fawāḥišu
accusative	فَوَاحِشَ fawāḥiša	الْفَوَاحِشَ al-fawāḥiša	فَوَاحِشَ fawāḥiša
genitive	فَوَاحِشَ fawāḥiša	الْفَوَاحِشِ al-fawāḥiši	فَوَاحِشِ fawāḥiši

Related terms

• فَحْشَاء (faḥšāʔ)

Descendants

• → Armenian: ֆահիշ (fahiš)
• → Azerbaijani: fahişə
• → Bashkir: фәхишә (fəxişə)
• → Persian: فاحشه (fâheše)
• → Ottoman Turkish: فاحشه (fāhişe)

  > Turkish: fahişe (inherited)

• → Tatar: фәхишә (fäxişä), fäxişä
• → Urdu: فاحشہ (fāhiša)
• → Uyghur: پاھىشە (pahishe)
• → Uzbek: fohisha