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فَهِم
to understand /ˈfa.hi.ma/
verbA1#165 most common
Also: to comprehend, to grasp, to figure out
Example sentences
هل فَهِمتَ؟
Did you understand?
نعم، فَهِمتُ كلَّ شيء.
Yes, I understood everything.
لم أفهمِ السؤال جيدًا.
I did not understand the question well.
هل فَهِمتَ ما قصده المعلّم؟
Did you understand what the teacher meant?
بعد قراءة المقال مرّتين، فَهِمتُ أخيرًا الفكرة الرئيسية.
After reading the article twice, I finally understood the main idea.
لو فَهِمَ الجميع وجهة نظرها، لما نشأ هذا الخلاف.
Had everyone understood her point of view, this dispute would not have arisen.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَفْهَم | فَهِمْتُ | سَأَفْهَم |
| 2sg | تَفْهَم | فَهِمْتَ | سَتَفْهَم |
| 3sg | يَفْهَم | فَهِمَ | سَيَفْهَم |
| 1pl | نَفْهَم | فَهِمْنا | سَنَفْهَم |
| 2pl | تَفْهَمونَ | فَهِمْتُم | سَتَفْهَمونَ |
| 3pl | يَفْهَمونَ | فَهِموا | سَيَفْهَمونَ |
Word family
فَهْمunderstanding, comprehension
فَهيمquick to understand, perceptive
أَفْهَمَto explain, to make someone understand
تَفاهُمmutual understandingمَفْهومconcept; the thing understood
Etymology
فَهِمَ comes from the triliteral Semitic root ف-ه-م (f-h-m), which carries the sense of grasping or comprehending. It follows the Form I pattern faʿila, used for verbs that describe entering a state. From the same root come the noun fahm (understanding) and the adjective fahīm (perceptive).
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