فضيحة

See also: فصيحة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ف ض ح (f-ḍ-ḥ)

Compare فَضَحَ (faḍaḥa, “to shame, disgrace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.dˤiː.ħa/

Noun

فَضِيحَة • (faḍīḥa) f (plural فَضَائِح (faḍāʔiḥ))

1. scandal
2. shame
3. disgraceful action, disgrace
4. ignominy

Declension

Declension of noun فَضِيحَة (faḍīḥa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَضِيحَة faḍīḥa	الْفَضِيحَة al-faḍīḥa	فَضِيحَة faḍīḥat
Nominative	فَضِيحَةٌ faḍīḥatun	الْفَضِيحَةُ al-faḍīḥatu	فَضِيحَةُ faḍīḥatu
Accusative	فَضِيحَةً faḍīḥatan	الْفَضِيحَةَ al-faḍīḥata	فَضِيحَةَ faḍīḥata
Genitive	فَضِيحَةٍ faḍīḥatin	الْفَضِيحَةِ al-faḍīḥati	فَضِيحَةِ faḍīḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَضِيحَتَيْن faḍīḥatayn	الْفَضِيحَتَيْن al-faḍīḥatayn	فَضِيحَتَيْ faḍīḥatay
Nominative	فَضِيحَتَانِ faḍīḥatāni	الْفَضِيحَتَانِ al-faḍīḥatāni	فَضِيحَتَا faḍīḥatā
Accusative	فَضِيحَتَيْنِ faḍīḥatayni	الْفَضِيحَتَيْنِ al-faḍīḥatayni	فَضِيحَتَيْ faḍīḥatay
Genitive	فَضِيحَتَيْنِ faḍīḥatayni	الْفَضِيحَتَيْنِ al-faḍīḥatayni	فَضِيحَتَيْ faḍīḥatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَضَائِح faḍāʔiḥ	الْفَضَائِح al-faḍāʔiḥ	فَضَائِح faḍāʔiḥ
Nominative	فَضَائِحُ faḍāʔiḥu	الْفَضَائِحُ al-faḍāʔiḥu	فَضَائِحُ faḍāʔiḥu
Accusative	فَضَائِحَ faḍāʔiḥa	الْفَضَائِحَ al-faḍāʔiḥa	فَضَائِحَ faḍāʔiḥa
Genitive	فَضَائِحَ faḍāʔiḥa	الْفَضَائِحِ al-faḍāʔiḥi	فَضَائِحِ faḍāʔiḥi

Descendants

• Hebrew: פדיחה
• Northern Kurdish: fedî

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فضيحة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فضيحة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ض ح
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَضِيحَة (faḍīḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fdˤiː.ħe/, [ˈfdˤiː.ħa]
• IPA^(key): /fdˤiː.ħa/, [ˈfdˤiː.ħa]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

فضيحة • (fḍīḥa) f (plural فضايح (faḍāyeḥ))

1. scandal