افحش

1.
, (Msb, K,) or افحش فِى المَنْطِقِ, (S,) or فِى الكَلَامِ, (Mgh,) or فِى كَلَامِهِ, (A,) verbal noun إِفْحَاشٌ and فُحْشٌ, according to Lh and Kr, but the latter is correctly a simple subst. [used as a verbal noun of this verb], (TA,) He uttered فُحْش, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) i. e., foul, evil, bad, abominable, unseemly, [gross, immodest, lewd, or obscene,] speech or language; (Mgh, Msb;) as also فَحَشَ فى المنطق, (TA,) and فى الكلام فحّش, (Mgh,) or فى كلامه, (A,) and فى كلامه تفحّش: (S, A:) and تَفَاحَشَ also signifies the same; and he manifested, discovered, or revealed, or he made a show of, such speech or language. (O, * K, * TA.) You say, افحش عَلَيْهِ فِى المَنْطِقِ [He uttered such speech or language against him]; (S;) and in like manner, فَحَشَ, (TA,) and فحّش; (Mgh;) and عَلَيْهِ بِلِسَانِهِ تفحّش. (TA.)
2.
Also افحش He was, or became, niggardly, tenacious, or avaricious. (Msb.)

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