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أَفْهَم
I understand /ˈʔaf.ha.mu/
verbB2#4226 most common
Also: I comprehend, I grasp (a meaning), I get it
Example sentences
أَنَا أَفْهَمُ العَرَبِيَّةَ.
I understand Arabic.
لَا أَفْهَمُ هَذَا السُّؤَالَ.
I don't understand this question.
لَمْ أَفْهَمْ الدَّرْسَ جَيِّدًا.
I didn't understand the lesson well.
كُلَّمَا قَرَأْتُ الكِتَابَ أَكْثَرَ، أَفْهَمُهُ بِشَكْلٍ أَعْمَقَ.
The more I read the book, the more deeply I understand it.
لَوْ كُنْتُ أَفْهَمُ الفَلْسَفَةَ جَيِّدًا لَمَا احْتَجْتُ إِلَى شَرْحٍ إِضَافِيٍّ.
If I understood philosophy well, I would not need extra explanation.
مَهْمَا حَاوَلْتُ، لَا أَفْهَمُ كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ لِهَذِهِ النَّظَرِيَّةِ أَنْ تُفَسِّرَ كُلَّ الظَّوَاهِرِ المَرْصُودَةِ.
No matter how hard I try, I cannot understand how this theory can explain all the observed phenomena.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَفْهَمُ | فَهِمْتُ | سَأَفْهَمُ |
| 2sg | تَفْهَمُ | فَهِمْتَ | سَتَفْهَمُ |
| 3sg | يَفْهَمُ | فَهِمَ | سَيَفْهَمُ |
| 1pl | نَفْهَمُ | فَهِمْنَا | سَنَفْهَمُ |
| 2pl | تَفْهَمُونَ | فَهِمْتُمْ | سَتَفْهَمُونَ |
| 3pl | يَفْهَمُونَ | فَهِمُوا | سَيَفْهَمُونَ |
Word family
فَهْم (fahm)understanding, comprehension
فَهِمَ (fahima)he understood (base past form)
مَفْهُوم (mafhūm)a concept; understood, clear
فَهِيم (fahīm)perceptive, quick to understand
تَفَاهُم (tafāhum)mutual understanding
Etymology
أَفْهَم comes from the Arabic root ف ه م (f-h-m), a core Semitic root tied to understanding and mental grasp. The base verb فَهِمَ means 'he understood', and أَفْهَمُ is its first-person singular present-tense form, 'I understand'. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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