Fasih

Classical Arabic vocabulary that actually stays learned.

Not a flashcard deck — a Fus-ha lexicon trainer. 1,107 fully-vocalized entries, each a complete dictionary record with plurals, masdar, verb forms, roots and usage notes, plus three original example sentences apiece. An on-device FSRS scheduler brings every word back right before you'd forget it. No account. No ads. Nothing leaves your iPhone.

Free · iPhone · iOS 15 or later · Data Not Collected

1,107vocalized entries

3,321example sentences

21categories

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Built for the classical register

Fus-ha, not Modern Standard — and not a dialect.

Most Arabic apps teach you to order coffee. Fasih teaches the classical register you actually meet in the texts: fully vocalized, grammatically explained, and reviewed on a schedule that respects how memory works.

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Dictionary entries, not flashcards

Every word carries its multiple meanings, singular and plural, masdar, māḍī and muḍāriʿ forms, transitivity, synonyms, antonyms, root letters, and a usage note explaining how it's actually used.

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Full tashkeel, everywhere

Every headword, plural, and example sentence is written with complete vocalization — including iʿrāb endings — set in a proper Arabic face so you read it the way it's written.

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FSRS scheduling, on-device

Reviews are timed by the Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler, running entirely on your phone. Each word returns just before you'd forget it — no fixed drills, no server.

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Three sentences per word

3,321 original example sentences in all, short and classical in style, each with full tashkeel and an English translation, so a word arrives with the grammar around it.

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Mastery you have to earn

A word only counts as mastered after repeated successful recalls spaced across separate days. Badges come from words you've truly learned, never from time spent in the app.

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Bring your own words

Import a word list from an Excel or CSV sheet and it becomes a new category with the same scheduling, practice and badges. Export everything as JSON whenever you like.

Anatomy of an entry

What one word looks like.

This is a single entry from the Worship & Faith category — and every one of the 1,107 words is built to the same depth.

صَلَاةٌ

ṣalātun · noun · root ص ل و

meanings: prayer, the ritual prayer · blessing (when attributed to God or the angels) · supplication
plural: صَلَوَاتٌ
synonyms: دُعَاءٌ
note: The final ة conceals an original wāw, visible again in the plural.

examples

أَقَامَ الْمُؤْمِنُ الصَّلَاةَ فِي وَقْتِهَا

The believer performed the prayer at its proper time.

تَجْمَعُ الصَّلَاةُ بَيْنَ الْقِيَامِ وَالرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ

The prayer combines standing, bowing, and prostration.

صَلَّى الرَّجُلُ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ

The man prayed the evening prayer in congregation.

How it teaches

Evidence first, streaks second.

The whole design follows what memory research actually shows: you learn by trying to recall, not by rereading — and the schedule should forgive you.

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Retrieval first

Every word is a recall attempt before it is an answer, in both directions — the single most effective way to make something stick.

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Backlogs heal

Miss a week and catch-up mode reflows what's overdue, showing the most valuable cards first instead of dumping 300 reviews on you.

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A forgiving streak

Missed days are auto-frozen. The streak is there to keep you coming back, not to make you feel bad for having a life.

A look inside

Quiet, dark, and out of the way.

Today screen showing a 12-day streak, 14 cards due and 4 new words available — Today — a bounded daily plan

Review card revealed, with Again, Hard, Good and Easy buttons showing their next intervals — Review with FSRS intervals

Full dictionary entry with meanings, plural, synonyms and example sentences — The full lexical entry

Library listing Arabic categories with word counts and study toggles — Library — 21 categories

Achievements screen with milestone, streak and level badges — Badges for words mastered

Practice screen with quick picks and category chips — Practice — bonus reps, off-schedule

Private by design

Nothing to sign up for. Nothing to leak.

Fasih's App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected" — and that's the architecture, not a setting you have to find.

No account and no sign-in — the app works the moment it's installed.
No ads, no analytics, no tracking, no in-app purchases, no third-party SDKs.
Fully offline: the whole dictionary and the scheduler run on your device. Verify it in airplane mode.
Delete the app and its data goes with it. Read the full policy.

Free on the App Store

For iPhone, iOS 15 or later. No account, no ads, no in-app purchases.