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فَضِيحَة
scandal /fa.ˈdˤiː.ħa/
nounB2#3460 most common
Also: disgrace, exposure of wrongdoing, embarrassing affair
Example sentences
هَذِهِ فَضِيحَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ.
This is a big scandal.
سَمِعْتُ عَنِ الفَضِيحَةِ فِي الجَرِيدَةِ.
I heard about the scandal in the newspaper.
تَسَبَّبَتِ الفَضِيحَةُ فِي اسْتِقَالَةِ الوَزِيرِ.
The scandal led to the minister's resignation.
انْتَشَرَتْ أَخْبَارُ الفَضِيحَةِ بِسُرْعَةٍ عَلَى وَسَائِلِ التَّوَاصُلِ الاجْتِمَاعِيِّ.
News of the scandal spread quickly on social media.
كَشَفَتِ الصَّحَافَةُ عَنْ فَضَائِحَ مَالِيَّةٍ دَاخِلَ الشَّرِكَةِ.
The press uncovered financial scandals inside the company.
لَمْ تَكُنِ الفَضِيحَةُ مُفَاجِئَةً لِمَنْ تَابَعَ تَصَرُّفَاتِ الرَّئِيسِ عَلَى مَدَى سَنَوَاتٍ.
The scandal was no surprise to those who had followed the president's conduct for years.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فَضِيحَةٌ | فَضَائِحُ |
| Genitive | فَضِيحَةٍ | فَضَائِحَ |
| Accusative | فَضِيحَةً | فَضَائِحَ |
| Vocative | يَا فَضِيحَةُ | يَا فَضَائِحُ |
Word family
فَضَحَto expose, to disgrace
فَاضِحblatant, glaring, scandalous
مَفْضُوحexposed, disgraced
افْتَضَحَto be exposed, to be caught in disgrace
فَضَّاحone who exposes others' secrets
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ف-ض-ح (f-ḍ-ḥ), which carries the core sense of uncovering something shameful and exposing it to public view. From this root, classical Arabic formed the verb فَضَحَ (to expose, to disgrace) and the noun فَضِيحَة on the فَعِيلَة pattern, a common shape for nouns describing a resulting state or event. The word appears throughout classical and modern Arabic to describe public disgrace, long before it took on its current use in news media for scandals involving public figures.
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