فحش

See also: ف ح ش

Arabic

Root
ف ح ش (f ḥ š)
4 terms

Verb

فَحَشَ or فَحُشَ • (faḥaša or faḥuša) I (non-past يَفْحُشُ (yafḥušu), verbal noun فُحْش (fuḥš))

1. to be indecent, to be obscene
2. to talk ribaldry

Conjugation

    Conjugation of فَحَشَ, فَحُشَ (I, sound, a/u ~ u, impersonal passive (?), verbal noun فُحْش)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						فُحْش fuḥš
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						فَاحِش, فَحَّاش fāḥiš, faḥḥāš
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَفْحُوش mafḥūš
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	فَحَشْتُ, فَحُشْتُ faḥaštu, faḥuštu	فَحَشْتَ, فَحُشْتَ faḥašta, faḥušta	فَحَشَ, فَحُشَ faḥaša, faḥuša		فَحَشْتُمَا, فَحُشْتُمَا faḥaštumā, faḥuštumā	فَحَشَا, فَحُشَا faḥašā, faḥušā		فَحَشْنَا, فَحُشْنَا faḥašnā, faḥušnā	فَحَشْتُمْ, فَحُشْتُمْ faḥaštum, faḥuštum	فَحَشُوا, فَحُشُوا faḥašū, faḥušū
	f		فَحَشْتِ, فَحُشْتِ faḥašti, faḥušti	فَحَشَتْ, فَحُشَتْ faḥašat, faḥušat			فَحَشَتَا, فَحُشَتَا faḥašatā, faḥušatā			فَحَشْتُنَّ, فَحُشْتُنَّ faḥaštunna, faḥuštunna	فَحَشْنَ, فَحُشْنَ faḥašna, faḥušna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَفْحُشُ ʔafḥušu	تَفْحُشُ tafḥušu	يَفْحُشُ yafḥušu		تَفْحُشَانِ tafḥušāni	يَفْحُشَانِ yafḥušāni		نَفْحُشُ nafḥušu	تَفْحُشُونَ tafḥušūna	يَفْحُشُونَ yafḥušūna
	f		تَفْحُشِينَ tafḥušīna	تَفْحُشُ tafḥušu			تَفْحُشَانِ tafḥušāni			تَفْحُشْنَ tafḥušna	يَفْحُشْنَ yafḥušna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَفْحُشَ ʔafḥuša	تَفْحُشَ tafḥuša	يَفْحُشَ yafḥuša		تَفْحُشَا tafḥušā	يَفْحُشَا yafḥušā		نَفْحُشَ nafḥuša	تَفْحُشُوا tafḥušū	يَفْحُشُوا yafḥušū
	f		تَفْحُشِي tafḥušī	تَفْحُشَ tafḥuša			تَفْحُشَا tafḥušā			تَفْحُشْنَ tafḥušna	يَفْحُشْنَ yafḥušna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَفْحُشْ ʔafḥuš	تَفْحُشْ tafḥuš	يَفْحُشْ yafḥuš		تَفْحُشَا tafḥušā	يَفْحُشَا yafḥušā		نَفْحُشْ nafḥuš	تَفْحُشُوا tafḥušū	يَفْحُشُوا yafḥušū
	f		تَفْحُشِي tafḥušī	تَفْحُشْ tafḥuš			تَفْحُشَا tafḥušā			تَفْحُشْنَ tafḥušna	يَفْحُشْنَ yafḥušna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اُفْحُشْ ufḥuš			اُفْحُشَا ufḥušā				اُفْحُشُوا ufḥušū
	f		اُفْحُشِي ufḥušī							اُفْحُشْنَ ufḥušna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	فُحِشَ fuḥiša		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُفْحَشُ yufḥašu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُفْحَشَ yufḥaša		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُفْحَشْ yufḥaš		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

Noun

فُحْش • (fuḥš) m

1. verbal noun of فَحُشَ (faḥuša) (form I)
2. vulgarity, obscenity, indecency, depravity, filth

Declension

Declension of noun فُحْش (fuḥš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُحْش fuḥš	الْفُحْش al-fuḥš	فُحْش fuḥš
Nominative	فُحْشٌ fuḥšun	الْفُحْشُ al-fuḥšu	فُحْشُ fuḥšu
Accusative	فُحْشًا fuḥšan	الْفُحْشَ al-fuḥša	فُحْشَ fuḥša
Genitive	فُحْشٍ fuḥšin	الْفُحْشِ al-fuḥši	فُحْشِ fuḥši

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “فحش”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 243
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “فحش”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 319
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فحش”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2344
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فحش”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: W.H. Allen, page 777
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “فحش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 817

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فُحْش (fuḥš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fuhʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fo̞ɦʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fo̞ɦʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fʊʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fuʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [foɦʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fɵhʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	fuhš
Dari reading?	fohš
Iranian reading?	fohš
Tajik reading?	fühš

Dari	فحش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	фӯҳш

Noun

فحش • (fohš) (plural فحش‌ها (fohš-hâ))

1. curse (vulgar epithet)

   Synonyms: دشنام (došnâm); (slang) لیچار (ličâr); (slang) دری بری (dari bari)

Derived terms

• فحش دادن (fohš dâdan)

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic فحش (fuḥš).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fʊɦʃ/

Adjective

فحش • (fuhś) (Hindi spelling फ़ुहश)

1. vulgar, obscene, indecent
2. pornographic, smutty
3. immoral

Noun

فحش • (fuhś) m (Hindi spelling फ़ुहश)

1. vulgarity, obscenity
2. pornography, smut

Derived terms

• فُحْش گوئی (fuhś-go'ī, “explicit language”)
• فُحْش نَوِیس (fuhś-navīs, “pornographer”)

References

• “فحش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فحش”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “فحش”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “فحش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.