فهم

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Arabic

Root
ف ه م (f h m)
5 terms

    Etymology 1

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fa.hi.ma/
    • Audio:(file)

    Verb

    فَهِمَ (fahima) I (non-past يَفْهَمُ (yafhamu), verbal noun فَهْم (fahm))

    1. to understand
      بِفَضْلِ الدُّرُوسِ الْجَيِّدَةِ، يُمْكِنُنِي فَهْمُ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ بِشَكْلٍ أَفْضَلَ الْآنَ.
      bifaḍli d-durūsi l-jayyidati, yumkinunī fahmu l-luḡati l-ʕarabiyyati bišaklin ʔafḍala l-ʔāna.
      Thanks to the good lessons, I can understand the Arabic language better now.
      • a. 897, Al-Buḥturiyy, edited by Ḥasan Kāmil Al-Ṣayrafiyy, ديوان البحتري (Ḏaḵāʾir al-ʿArab), 3rd edition, volume 2, Dār al-Maʿārif, →ISBN, page 955:
        عَلَيَّ نَحْتُ ٱلْقَوَافِي مِنْ مَقَاطِعِهَا / وَمَا عَلَيَّ لَهُمْ أَنْ تَفْهَمَ ٱلْبَقَرُ
        ʕalayya naḥtu l-qawāfī min maqāṭiʕihā / wamā ʕalayya lahum ʔan tafhama l-baqaru
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    2. to learn
    3. to observe
    4. to comprehend
    Conjugation
    Descendants
    • Maltese: fehem
    • Persian: فهمیدن (fahmidan) (partly also from the noun below)
    • Swahili: -fahamu

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    فَهَّمَ (fahhama) II (non-past يُفَهِّمُ (yufahhimu), verbal noun تَفْهِيم (tafhīm))

    1. (ditransitive) to cause to understand
    Conjugation

    Etymology 3

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      فَهْم (fahmm (plural فُهُوم (fuhūm) or أَفْهَام (ʔafhām))

      1. verbal noun of فَهِمَ (fahima) (form I)
      2. understanding, comprehension
      Declension
      Descendants

      References

      • Wehr, Hans (1979) “فهم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

      Azerbaijani

      Noun

      فهم (usually uncountable, definite accusative فهمی)

      1. Arabic spelling of fəhm (understanding)

      Egyptian Arabic

      Root
      ف ه م
      1 term

      Etymology

      From Arabic فَهِمَ (fahima).

      Pronunciation

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      Verb

      فهم (fihim) I (non-past يفهم (yifham))

      1. to understand
        انتي بتفهمي؟ (to a woman)inti bitifhami?Do you understand?
        انت بتفهم؟ (to a man)inta bitifham?Do you understand?
        أنا مبفهمش.ana mabafhamš.I don't understand.

      Conjugation

          Conjugation of فهم (form-I sound)
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      past m فهمت (fihimt) فهمت (fihimt) فهم (fihim) فهمنا (fihimna) فهمتوا (fihimtu) فهموا (fihmu)
      f فهمتي (fihimti) فهمت (fihmit)
      present subjunctive m افهم (afham) تفهم (tifham) يفهم (yifham) نفهم (nifham) تفهموا (tifhamu) يفهموا (yifhamu)
      f تفهمي (tifhami) تفهم (tifham)
      present indicative m بفهم (bafham) بتفهم (bitifham) بيفهم (biyifham) بنفهم (binifham) بتفهموا (bitifhamu) بيفهموا (biyifhamu)
      f بتفهمي (bitifhami) بتفهم (bitifham)
      future m حفهم (ḥafham) حتفهم (ḥatifham) حيفهم (ḥayifham) حنفهم (ḥanifham) حتفهموا (ḥatifhamu) حيفهموا (ḥayifhamu)
      f حتفهمي (ḥatifhami) حتفهم (ḥatifham)
      imperative m افهم (ifham) افهموا (ifhamu)
      f افهمي (ifhami)

      Malay

      Noun

      فهم

      1. Jawi spelling of faham‎.

      Verb

      فهم

      1. Jawi spelling of faham‎.

      Persian

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic فَهْم (fahm).

      Pronunciation

      Readings
      Classical reading? fahm
      Dari reading? fahm
      Iranian reading? fahm
      Tajik reading? fahm

      Noun

      Dari فهم
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik фаҳм

      فَهم (fahm)

      1. understanding
      2. comprehension
      3. intellect

      Synonyms

      Derived terms

      South Levantine Arabic

      Root
      ف ه م
      3 terms

      Etymology 1

      From Arabic فَهِمَ (fahima).

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      فهم (fihim) I (present بفهم (bifham), active participle فاهم (fāhem))

      1. to understand
        بتفهم عربي؟
        btifham ʕarabi?
        Do you understand Arabic?
        فاهم علي؟
        fāhem ʕalay?
        Do you see what I mean?
        (literally, “Do you understand me?”)
        أهلي ما بفهموش علي.
        ahli ma bifhamūš ʕalay.
        My parents don't understand me.
        ما فهمتش ولا كلمة.
        ma fhimtš wala kilme.
        I didn't understand a single word.
      Conjugation
          Conjugation of فهم (fihim)
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      past m فهمت (fhimt) فهمت (fhimt) فهم (fihim) فهمنا (fhimna) فهمتو (fhimtu) فهمو (fihmu)
      f فهمتي (fhimti) فهمت (fihmat)
      present m بفهم (bafham) بتفهم (btifham) بفهم (bifham) منفهم (mnifham) بتفهمو (btifhamu) بفهمو (bifhamu)
      f بتفهمي (btifhami) بتفهم (btifham)
      subjunctive m أفهم (ʔafham) تفهم (tifham) يفهم (yifham) نفهم (nifham) تفهمو (tifhamu) يفهمو (yifhamu)
      f تفهمي (tifhami) تفهم (tifham)
      imperative m افهم (ifham) افهمو (ifhamu)
      f افهمي (ifhami)

      See also

      Etymology 2

      From Arabic فَهَّمَ (fahhama).

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      فهّم (fahham) II (present بفهّم (bifahhem))

      1. (transitive) to make someone understand
        Synonym: شرح (šaraḥ, to explain)
      Conjugation
          Conjugation of فهّم (fahham)
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      past m فهّمت (fahhamt) فهّمت (fahhamt) فهّم (fahham) فهّمنا (fahhamna) فهّمتو (fahhamtu) فهّمو (fahhamu)
      f فهّمتي (fahhamti) فهّمت (fahhamat)
      present m بفهّم (bafahhem) بتفهّم (bitfahhem) بفهّم (bifahhem) منفهّم (minfahhem) بتفهّمو (bitfahhmu) بفهّمو (bifahhmu)
      f بتفهّمي (bitfahhmi) بتفهّم (bitfahhem)
      subjunctive m افهّم (afahhem) تفهّم (tfahhem) يفهّم (yfahhem) نفهّم (nfahhem) تفهّمو (tfahhmu) يفهّمو (yfahhmu)
      f تفهّمي (tfahhmi) تفهّم (tfahhem)
      imperative m فهّم (fahhem) فهّمو (fahhmu)
      f فهّمي (fahhmi)