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فهم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of understanding, knowing, and comprehending information. It extends to the act of making someone else understand and the process of gradual comprehension. It also includes a proper noun for a tribe.

Derived headwords

فَهِمَverb
  1. 1.
    he understood, he understands, understandingboth

    he understood, he understands, understanding

  2. 2.
    to understand, understandingboth

    to understand, understanding

  3. 3.
    he understood the thing, with kasra, an understanding and comprehensionboth

    he understood the thing, with kasra, an understanding and comprehension

  4. 4.
    so-and-so is understandingboth

    so-and-so is understanding

  5. 5.
    Fahm, a tribeboth

    Fahm, a tribe

فَهْمnoun
  1. 1.
    he understood, he understands, understandingboth

    he understood, he understands, understanding

  2. 2.
    to understand, understandingboth

    to understand, understanding

  3. 3.
    he understood the thing, with kasra, an understanding and comprehensionboth

    he understood the thing, with kasra, an understanding and comprehension

  4. 4.
    so-and-so is understandingboth

    so-and-so is understanding

  5. 5.
    Fahm, a tribeboth

    Fahm, a tribe

فَهَامِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    understandingclassical

    A deep or thorough understanding of something.

اِسْتَفْهَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to seek to understandboth

    To ask for clarification or explanation in order to understand something.

أَفْهَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to make understandboth

    To cause someone else to understand something; to inform or explain.

تَفَهَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    he understood the speech: he understood it bit by bitboth

    he understood the speech: he understood it bit by bit

فَهِمname
  1. 1.
    he understood, he understands, understandingboth

    he understood, he understands, understanding

  2. 2.
    to understand, understandingboth

    to understand, understanding

  3. 3.
    he understood the thing, with kasra, an understanding and comprehensionboth

    he understood the thing, with kasra, an understanding and comprehension

  4. 4.
    so-and-so is understandingboth

    so-and-so is understanding

  5. 5.
    Fahm, a tribeboth

    Fahm, a tribe

Parallel reading

فهمت الشئ فهما وفهامية: علمته.
I understood the thing with understanding and thorough comprehension: I knew it.
وفلان فهم.
And so-and-so is understanding.
وقد استفهمني الشئ فأفهمته،
And he asked me to understand the thing, so I made him understand it,
وفهمته تفهيما.
and I made him understand it thoroughly.
وتفهم الكلام، إذا فهمه شيئا بعد شئ.
And he understood the speech, if he understood it little by little.