فصحى

Meaning

feminine singular of أَفْصَح (ʔafṣaḥ)

Concepts

Classical Arabic

eloquent

expressive

pure

uncorrupted

facund

Standard

Fus-ha

Synonyms

بليغ

فصيح

لُغَة عَرَبِيَّة فُصْحَى

Translations

beredt

eloquent

redegewandt

wortgewandt

wortgewaltig

arabische Hochsprache

Fusha

Standartarabisch

ευφραδής

éloquent

arabe littéral

arabe standard

fous-ha

eloquente

eloqüent

Etymology

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