فصحى

Arabic

Etymology

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

Adjective

فُصْحَى • (fuṣḥā) f

  1. feminine singular of أَفْصَح (ʔafṣaḥ)
    ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةُ ٱلْفُصْحَى
    Al-ʻArabīyat ul-Fuṣḥā
    Quranic Arabic
    (literally, “The most eloquent Arabic”)
    ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةُ ٱلْفُصْحَى ٱلْحَدِيثَةُ
    Al-ʻArabīyat ul-Fuṣḥā al-Ḥadītha
    Modern Standard Arabic
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