استفهم

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See also: أستفهم

Arabic

Root
ف ه م (f h m)
7 terms

Verb

اِسْتَفْهَمَ (istafhama) X (non-past يَسْتَفْهِمُ (yastafhimu), verbal noun اِسْتِفْهَام (istifhām))

  1. to inquire
  2. to seek to understand
  3. to ask for explanation

Conjugation

References

  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “استفهم”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “استفهم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen