فحشاء

Arabic

Root
ف ح ش (f-ḥ-š)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faħ.ʃaːʔ/

Noun

فَحْشَاء • (faḥšāʔ) f

  1. indecency, immorality; vileness
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:90:
      إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ وَإِيتَاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِ ۚ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
      Allah prescribes justice, assistance, and giving [one's] kinfolk, and He proscribes foulness, the objectionable, and transgression, and He warns you so you may heed.

Declension

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