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))

to be indecent, to be obscene
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
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd 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
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	فَحَشْتُ, فَحُشْتُ faḥaštu, faḥuštu	فَحَشْتِ, فَحُشْتِ faḥašti, faḥušti	فَحَشَتْ, فَحُشَتْ faḥašat, faḥušat	فَحَشْتُمَا, فَحُشْتُمَا faḥaštumā, faḥuštumā	فَحَشَتَا, فَحُشَتَا faḥašatā, faḥušatā	فَحَشْنَا, فَحُشْنَا faḥašnā, faḥušnā	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
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَفْحُشُ ʔafḥušu	تَفْحُشِينَ tafḥušīna	تَفْحُشُ tafḥušu	تَفْحُشَانِ tafḥušāni	تَفْحُشَانِ tafḥušāni	نَفْحُشُ nafḥušu	تَفْحُشْنَ tafḥušna	يَفْحُشْنَ yafḥušna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَفْحُشَ ʔafḥuša	تَفْحُشَ tafḥuša	يَفْحُشَ yafḥuša	تَفْحُشَا tafḥušā	يَفْحُشَا yafḥušā	نَفْحُشَ nafḥuša	تَفْحُشُوا tafḥušū	يَفْحُشُوا yafḥušū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَفْحُشَ ʔafḥuša	تَفْحُشِي tafḥušī	تَفْحُشَ tafḥuša	تَفْحُشَا tafḥušā	تَفْحُشَا tafḥušā	نَفْحُشَ nafḥuša	تَفْحُشْنَ tafḥušna	يَفْحُشْنَ yafḥušna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَفْحُشْ ʔafḥuš	تَفْحُشْ tafḥuš	يَفْحُشْ yafḥuš	تَفْحُشَا tafḥušā	يَفْحُشَا yafḥušā	نَفْحُشْ nafḥuš	تَفْحُشُوا tafḥušū	يَفْحُشُوا yafḥušū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَفْحُشْ ʔafḥuš	تَفْحُشِي tafḥušī	تَفْحُشْ tafḥuš	تَفْحُشَا tafḥušā	تَفْحُشَا tafḥušā	نَفْحُشْ nafḥuš	تَفْحُشْنَ tafḥušna	يَفْحُشْنَ yafḥušna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اُفْحُشْ ufḥuš		اُفْحُشَا ufḥušā			اُفْحُشُوا ufḥušū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		اُفْحُشِي ufḥušī		اُفْحُشَا ufḥušā			اُفْحُشْنَ ufḥušna

passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	فُحِشَ fuḥiša	—	—	—	—	—
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُفْحَشُ yufḥašu	—	—	—	—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُفْحَشَ yufḥaša	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُفْحَشْ yufḥaš	—	—	—	—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Noun

فُحْش • (fuḥš) m

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

Declension

Declension of noun **فُحْش** (fuḥš)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	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 (1863-1893) “فحش”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2344.
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فحش”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], 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): /ˈfuhʃ/

(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^?	füh


Iranian Persian	فحش
Dari	فحش
Tajik	фӯҳш

Noun

فحش • (fohš) (plural فحش‌ها)

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)

Noun

فحش • (fuhś) m (Hindi spelling फ़ुहश)

vulgarity, obscenity
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, 2025.