فَهِمَ (fahima)to understand

Conjugation, meanings and vowelled example sentences for the Arabic verb فَهِمَ (fahima) — “to understand”, drawn from the reader’s verified vocabulary bank. Every form carries full harakat.

Conjugation (1): فَهِمَ يَفْهَمُ

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
فَهِمَ fahimaيَفْهَمُ yafhamuاِفْهَمْ aifhamفَهْمٌ fahmun

Conjugation (2): فَهَّمَ يُفَهِّمُ

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
فَهَّمَ fahaamaيُفَهِّمُ yufahiimuفَهِّمْ fahiimتَفْهِيم tafhīm

Meanings & examples

  1. 1. to understand

    • فَهِمَ الطِّفْلُ القِصَّةَ.The child understood the story.
    • هَلْ فَهِمْتَ مَا قَالَتِ المُعَلِّمَةُ؟Did you understand what the teacher said?
    • فَهِمَ الطَّالِبُ المُجْتَهِدُ المَسْأَلَةَ الرِّيَاضِيَّةَ الصَّعْبَةَ بِسُرْعَةٍ.The diligent student quickly understood the difficult math problem.
  2. 2. to be understood

    • لَمْ يَفْهَمِ الْكَلَامُ الَّذِي قَالَهُ الْمُتَحَدِّثُ بِوُضُوحٍ.The speech that the speaker said was not understood clearly.
    • يَجِبُ أَنْ يَفْهَمَ الْمَعْنَى الْعَامُّ لِلنَّصِّ بِسُهُولَةٍ.The general meaning of the text should be understood easily.
    • كَيْفَ يَفْهَمُ هَذَا الْمَفْهُومُ الصَّعْبُ لِلطُّلَّابِ الصِّغَارِ؟How is this difficult concept understood by young students?
  3. 3. to indicate

    • فَهِمَ هَذَا التَّصَرُّفُ عَلَى أَنَّهُ رَفْضٌ لِلْعَرْضِ.This action indicated a rejection of the offer.
    • فَهِمَتِ الْإِشَارَةُ إِلَى وُجُودِ خَطَرٍ قَرِيبٍ.The sign indicated the presence of imminent danger.
    • فَهِمَ لَوْنُ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى اقْتِرَابِ الْعَاصِفَةِ.The color of the sky indicated the approach of the storm.
  4. 4. to make understand

    • فَهَّمَ المُعَلِّمُ الطَّالِبَ الدَّرْسَ.The teacher made the student understand the lesson.
    • فَهَّمَ الأَبُ ابْنَهُ قِيمَةَ العَمَلِ.The father made his son understand the value of work.
    • لَمْ يُحَاوِلِ المُدِيرُ أَنْ يُفَهِّمَ المُوَظَّفِينَ القُرَارَ الجَدِيدَ.The manager did not try to make the employees understand the new decision.
  5. 5. to understand, comprehend

    • فَهِمَ الطِّفْلُ القِصَّةَ.The child understood the story.
    • هَلْ فَهِمْتَ مَا قَالَتِ المُعَلِّمَةُ؟Did you understand what the teacher said?
    • فَهِمَ الطَّالِبُ المُجْتَهِدُ المَسْأَلَةَ الرِّيَاضِيَّةَ الصَّعْبَةَ بِسُرْعَةٍ.The diligent student quickly understood the difficult math problem.
  6. 6. to understand, grasp

    • فَهِمَ الطِّفْلُ القِصَّةَ.The child understood the story.
    • هَلْ فَهِمْتَ مَا قَالَتِ المُعَلِّمَةُ؟Did you understand what the teacher said?
    • فَهِمَ الطَّالِبُ المُجْتَهِدُ المَسْأَلَةَ الرِّيَاضِيَّةَ الصَّعْبَةَ بِسُرْعَةٍ.The diligent student quickly understood the difficult math problem.
  7. 7. to understand, to open

    • فَهِمْتُ الدَّرْسَ بَعْدَ شَرْحٍ مُفَصَّلٍ مِنَ المُعَلِّمِ.I understood the lesson after a detailed explanation from the teacher.
    • يَفْهَمُ الطَّالِبُ القَوَاعِدَ النَّحْوِيَّةَ بِسُهُولَةٍ.The student understands the grammatical rules easily.
    • لَمْ أَفْهَمْ مَا قَصَدْتَ بِكَلَامِكَ.I didn't understand what you meant by your words.

Meet فَهِمَ in real books: every page in the library renders its verbs with this same table, plus line-by-line English and flashcards.

Open the library →Learn Arabic by reading