ف ح ش

• Possibly related to the root of فَحْل‎ (faḥl), for the root f-ḥ-l is somewhat developed in Ge'ez in the meaning of “lasciviousness”
• Possible related to Classical Syriac ܦܚܶܙ‎ (pḥez, “to act voluptuously”), Hebrew פָּחַז‎ (pāḥaz, “to leap, to bound; to be wanton; to be lascivous; to be proud”), which could also relate to the root ف خ ر‎ (f-ḵ-r).

ف ح ش • (f-ḥ-š)

1. excessiveness, excessive behavior
2. enormousness, immoderateness
3. obscenity, indecency

• Form I: فَحُشَ‎ (faḥuša)
  • Verbal noun: فُحْش‎ (fuḥš)
  • Active participle: فَاحِش‎ (fāḥiš)
• Form III: فَاحَشَ‎ (fāḥaša)
  • Verbal noun: مُفَاحَشَة‎ (mufāḥaša), فِحَاش‎ (fiḥāš)
  • Active participle: مُفَاحِش‎ (mufāḥiš)
  • Passive participle: مُفَاحَش‎ (mufāḥaš)
• Form IV: أَفْحَشَ‎ (ʾafḥaša)
  • Verbal noun: إِفْحَاش‎ (ʾifḥāš)
  • Active participle: مُفْحِش‎ (mufḥiš)
  • Passive participle: مُفْحَش‎ (mufḥaš)
• Form VI: تَفَاحَشَ‎ (tafāḥaša)
  • Verbal noun: تَفَاحُش‎ (tafāḥuš)
  • Active participle: مُتَفَاحِش‎ (mutafāḥiš)
  • Passive participle: مُتَفَاحَش‎ (mutafāḥaš)
• Form X: اِسْتَفْحَشَ‎ (istafḥaša)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِفْحَاش‎ (istifḥāš)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَفْحِش‎ (mustafḥiš)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَفْحَش‎ (mustafḥaš)

• Dillmann, August (1865) Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1347
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “ف ح ش”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2344
• H6348 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979