"fasih" meaning in Malay

See fasih in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [fa.seh] Forms: فصيح [Jawi], lebih fasih [comparative], paling fasih [superlative]
Rhymes: -seh, -eh Etymology: From Arabic فَصِيح (faṣīḥ). Etymology templates: {{bor|ms|ar|فَصِيح}} Arabic فَصِيح (faṣīḥ), {{root|ms|ar|ف ص ح}} Head templates: {{ms-adj|j=فصيح}} fasih (Jawi spelling فصيح, comparative lebih fasih, superlative paling fasih)
  1. fluent
    Sense id: en-fasih-ms-adj-zrvslhnv Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 87 13
  2. eloquent Synonyms: petah
    Sense id: en-fasih-ms-adj-uJ9Fv-VA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: berlidah fasih, fasih lidah
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "berlidah fasih"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fasih lidah"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "word": "fasih"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "فَصِيح"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic فَصِيح (faṣīḥ)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ف ص ح"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic فَصِيح (faṣīḥ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "فصيح",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lebih fasih",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paling fasih",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "فصيح"
      },
      "expansion": "fasih (Jawi spelling فصيح, comparative lebih fasih, superlative paling fasih)",
      "name": "ms-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "fa",
        "sih"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fluent"
      ],
      "id": "en-fasih-ms-adj-zrvslhnv",
      "links": [
        [
          "fluent",
          "fluent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eloquent"
      ],
      "id": "en-fasih-ms-adj-uJ9Fv-VA",
      "links": [
        [
          "eloquent",
          "eloquent"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "petah"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[fa.seh]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-seh"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fasih"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Malay adjectives",
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Malay terms derived from Arabic",
    "Malay terms derived from the Arabic root ف ص ح",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Malay/eh",
    "Rhymes:Malay/eh/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Malay/seh"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "berlidah fasih"
    },
    {
      "word": "fasih lidah"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "word": "fasih"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "فَصِيح"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic فَصِيح (faṣīḥ)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ف ص ح"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic فَصِيح (faṣīḥ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "فصيح",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lebih fasih",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paling fasih",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "فصيح"
      },
      "expansion": "fasih (Jawi spelling فصيح, comparative lebih fasih, superlative paling fasih)",
      "name": "ms-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "fa",
        "sih"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fluent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fluent",
          "fluent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eloquent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eloquent",
          "eloquent"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "petah"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[fa.seh]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-seh"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fasih"
}

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