فهم

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Arabic

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Root
ف ه م (f h m)
5 terms

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /fa.hi.ma/
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    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
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    Descendants
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    • Maltese: fehem
    • Persian: فهمیدن (fahmidan) (partly also from the noun below)
    • Swahili: -fahamu

    Etymology 2

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    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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

    1. (ditransitive) to cause to understand
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    Etymology 3

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      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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

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

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

      Azerbaijani

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      Noun

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      فهم (usually uncountable, definite accusative فهمی)

      1. Arabic spelling of fəhm (understanding)

      Egyptian Arabic

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      Root
      ف ه م
      1 term

      Etymology

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      From Arabic فَهِمَ (fahima).

      Pronunciation

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      Verb

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      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

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          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

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      Noun

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      فهم

      1. Jawi spelling of faham‎.

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      فهم

      1. Jawi spelling of faham‎.

      Persian

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Arabic فَهْم (fahm).

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

      Noun

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      Dari فهم
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik фаҳм

      فَهم (fahm)

      1. understanding
      2. comprehension
      3. intellect

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      South Levantine Arabic

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      Root
      ف ه م
      3 terms

      Etymology 1

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      From Arabic فَهِمَ (fahima).

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      Verb

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      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
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          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)

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      Etymology 2

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      From Arabic فَهَّمَ (fahhama).

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

      1. (transitive) to make someone understand
        Synonym: شرح (šaraḥ, to explain)
      Conjugation
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          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)