ROOT ف ص ح

[1] فَصُحَ , (S, A, Mz in the 9th نوع, and so in some copies of the K as stated in the TA,) [aor. فَصُحَ ,] inf. n. فَصَاحَةٌ, (KL,) or فَصْحٌ; (Mz ubi suprà, on the authority of Er-Rághib;) or ↓ فصّح; (so in other copies of the K;) or the latter also; (A;) and ↓ افصح; (A, K, Mz;) said of milk, It became divested of the froth, (S, A, K, Mz,) which is the primary signification accord. to Er-Rághib; (Mz;) and clear of its biestings: (A:) or ↓ افصح has this latter signification. (S, L, K.) And فَصْحٌ, accord. to Er-Rághib, signifies [also] A thing's becoming clear of what was mixed with it. (Mz ubi suprà.) ― 2-b2- And [hence] فَصُحَ, (S, Msb, K, and Mz ubi suprà,) [aor. فَصُحَ ,] inf. n. فَصَاحَةٌ (S, K) and فَصْحٌ, (K,) (tropical:) He (a man) 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 (a foreigner) was, or became, good and correct in his language, or dialect: (S, Msb:) or he [a man] was, or became, clear, perspicuous, or distinct, in speech, or language: and he (a foreigner) 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: (K:) and he was, or became, eloquent; (L;) thus used as syn. with بَلُغَ [from which it is properly distinct]. (MF.) ＝ 1-A2- قَدْ فَصَحَكَ الصُّبْحُ [is said to mean] (assumed tropical:) Daybreak has become apparent to thee, and its light has overcome thee: (K, * TA:) and some say, فَضَحَكَ: [or,] accord. to Lh, فَصَحَهُ الصُّبْحُ means daybreak came upon him suddenly. (TA.)