الفصحى
Arabic
Etymology
Definite feminine form of the elative adjective أَفْصَح (ʾafṣaḥ, “purest in language, most eloquent”), derived from فَصِيح (faṣīḥ, “pure in language, eloquent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.fusˤ.ħaː/
Noun
الْفُصْحَى • (al-fuṣḥā) f
- 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-ʿarabiyya(t) al-fuṣḥā)
Antonyms
- الْعَامِّيَّة (al-ʿāmmiyya)
- 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