فسخ

Arabic

Root
ف س خ (f-s-ḵ)

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew פָּסַח (pasákh, “to pass over, skip”)

Verb

فَسَخَ • (fasaḵa) I, non-past يَفْسُخُ‎ (yafsuḵu)

1. to dislocate, to disjoint
2. to tear apart, to
3. to rescind, to annul, to revoke, to cancel

Noun

فَسْخ • (fasḵ) m

1. verbal noun of فَسَخَ (fasaḵa) (form I): annulment, revocation, cancellation

Further reading

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “فسخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 346
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “فسخ”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 592
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فسخ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2395
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فسخ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: W.H. Allen, page 790
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “فسخ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 834

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ف س خ
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic فَسَخَ (fasaḵa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.sˤax/, /fa.sax/

Verb

فسخ • (fasaḵ) I (non-past يِفْسَخ (yifsaḵ))

1. to annul, to revoke

   Alternative form: (common spelling and pronunciation) فَصَخ (faṣaḵ)

Conjugation

Conjugation of فسخ (fasaḵ)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	فسخت (fasaḵt)	فسخت (fasaḵt)	فسخ (fasaḵ)		فسخنا (fasaḵna)	فسختوا (fasaḵtu)	فسخوا (fasaḵu)
	f		فسختي (fasaḵti)	فسخت (fasaḵat)
non-past	m	أفسخ (ʔafsaḵ)	تفسخ (tifsaḵ)	يفسخ (yifsaḵ)		نفسخ (nifsaḵ)	تفسخوا (tifsaḵu)	يفسخوا (yifsaḵu)
	f		تفسخي (tifsaḵi)	تفسخ (tifsaḵ)
imperative	m		افسخ (afsaḵ)				افسخوا (afsaḵu)
	f		افسخي (afsaḵi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic فَسَّخ (fassaḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fasˤ.sˤax/, /fas.sax/

Verb

فَسَّخ • (fassaḵ) II (non-past يِفَسِّخ (yifassiḵ))

1. to take off clothes

   Alternative form: (common spelling and pronunciation) فَصَّخ (faṣṣaḵ)

Conjugation

Conjugation of فسخ (fassaḵ)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	فسخت (fassaḵt)	فسخت (fassaḵt)	فسخ (fassaḵ)		فسخنا (fassaḵna)	فسختوا (fassaḵtu)	فسخوا (fassaḵu)
	f		فسختي (fassaḵti)	فسخت (fassaḵat)
non-past	m	أفسخ (ʔafassiḵ)	تفسخ (tifassiḵ)	يفسخ (yifassiḵ)		نفسخ (nifassiḵ)	تفسخوا (tifassiḵu)	يفسخوا (yifassiḵu)
	f		تفسخي (tifassiḵi)	تفسخ (tifassiḵ)
imperative	m		فسخ (fassiḵ)				فسخوا (fassiḵu)
	f		فسخي (fassiḵi)

Etymology 3

From Arabic فَسْخ (fasḵ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fasˤx/, /fasx/

Noun

فسخ • (fasḵ) m

1. annulment, revocation

   Alternative form: (common spelling and pronunciation) فَصْخ (faṣḵ)

Usage notes

The ⟨س⟩ /s/ is always pronounced as a ⟨ص⟩ /sˤ/ in this root, the root ⟨ف ص خ⟩ also attested in Classical Arabic.