فَصُحَ

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فَصُحَI , (S, A, Mz in the 9th نوع, and so in some copies of the K as stated in the TA,) [Present.T ـُ] Verbal.Noun فَصَاحَةٌ, or فَصْحٌ; or فصّح ; or the latter also; and افصح ; said of milk, It became divested of the froth, which is the primary signification accord. to Er-Rághib; and clear of its biestings: or افصح has this latter signification. And فَصْحٌ, accord. to Er-Rághib, signifies [also] A thing's becoming clear of what was mixed with it.
2 And [hence] فَصُحَ, [Present.T ـُ] Verbal.Noun فَصَاحَةٌ and فَصْحٌ, He was, or became, good in his language, or dialect; a metaphorical signification from the same verb as said of milk; so accord. to Er-Rághib: (Mz: see also 4: [and see فَصَاحَهٌ below:]) or he was, or became, good and correct in his language, or dialect: or he [a man] was, or became, clear, perspicuous, or distinct, in speech, or language: and he spoke Arabic intelligibly: but this signification seems to belong more properly to أَفْصَحَ, q. v.:] or he [a man] was an Arab [by birth, and therefore in speech], and he increased in فَصَاحَة [q. v.]; like تفصّح : and he was, or became, eloquent; thus used as syn. with بَلُغَ [from which it is properly distinct].

def.2 قَدْ فَصَحَكَ الصُّبْحُ [is said to mean] Daybreak has become apparent to thee, and its light has overcome thee: and some say, فَضَحَكَ: [or,] accord. to Lh, فَصَحَهُ الصُّبْحُ means daybreak came upon him suddenly.

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