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faṣāḥaẗ فَصاحَة
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ID 661 • Sw – • BP … • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√FṢḤ
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n.f.
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1 purity of the language; 2 fluency, eloquence – WehrCowan1979.
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Vn. of faṣuḥa ‘to be eloquent’, ultimately from the now obsolete †fiṣḥ ‘milk divested of the froth’ or †faṣḥ ‘breaking of the dawn light’, see ↗faṣuḥa and, for the whole picture, ↗FṢḤ.
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↗faṣuḥa.
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↗faṣuḥa.
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► faṣṣaḥa, vb. II, to bring (the language) into literary form, make (the language) correct Arabic, purify (the language): D-stem, caus., denom. from faṣāḥaẗ or ↗faṣīḥ.
► ʔafṣaḥa, vb. IV, 1 to express o.s. in flawless literary Arabic; 2 to speak clearly, distinctly, intelligibly; 3 to give expression (ʕan to), express, state clearly, declare outright, make plain, speak openly, frankly (ʕan about); 4 to orient, inform (li‑ s.o. ʕan about); 5 to become clear, plain, distinct: denom., from faṣāḥaẗ or ↗faṣīḥ. — 6 ↗fiṣḥ.
► tafaṣṣaḥa, vb. V, to affect eloquence, affect mastery of the language: tD-stem.
► tafāṣaḥa, vb. VI, = V.

► ʔifṣāḥ, n., 1 flawless literary Arabic style; 2 frank statement, open word (ʕan about), open declaration: vn. IV.
► mufṣiḥ, adj., 1 clear, plain, distinct, intelligible; 2 cloudless, sunny, bright (day): PA IV; [v2] shows the closest affinity to what may be the etymon proper, namely †faṣaḥa, a (faṣḥ), ‘to appear in all its splendour (dawn)’.

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