"fasaha" meaning in All languages combined

See fasaha on Wiktionary

Adjective [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-fasaha.flac [Kenya]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فَصَاحَة (faṣāḥa). Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:bor|ar:فَصَاحَة<ref:<span class="cited-source">Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), <cite>Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa</cite> (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; <span class="None" lang="und">145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, <small>→ISBN</small>, page 233 Nr. 2150</span></span>>|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "فَصَاحَة", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "fasaha", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="fasaha"> Borrowed from Arabic فَصَاحَة (faṣāḥa). Head templates: {{head|sw|adjective|invariable|cat2=indeclinable adjectives|head=}} fasaha (invariable), {{sw-adj|inv}} fasaha (invariable)
  1. fluent, elegant Tags: invariable
    Sense id: en-fasaha-sw-adj-LfCX8tE4 Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Swahili entries referencing missing etymons, Swahili entries with etymology texts, Swahili entries with etymon, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Appearance, Talking Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 100 0 Disambiguation of Swahili entries referencing missing etymons: 95 5 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymology texts: 100 0 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymon: 100 0 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Appearance: 100 0 Disambiguation of Talking: 100 0
  2. correct, standard, pure Tags: invariable
    Sense id: en-fasaha-sw-adj-JmEYLQCf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ufasaha (english: eloquence, elegance)
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