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فَهِمَ

to understand

VerbForm IRoot ف-ه-م

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Also written فهم: فَهْم (understanding)

Highlights

Present tense
يَفْهَمُ
Verbal noun
فَهْم
Active participle
فَهِم
Passive participle
مَفْهُوم

Most common words from the same root

Noun
فَهْم
understanding
Noun
تَفَاهُم
accord
Verb · Form IV
أَفْهَمَ
to make understand
Adjective
مَفْهُوم
understood
Noun
مَفْهُوم
concept
Verb · Form VI
تَفَاهَمَ
reach an understanding

فَهِمَ in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to understand
    بِفَضْلِ الدُّرُوسِ الْجَيِّدَةِ، يُمْكِنُنِي فَهْمُ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ بِشَكْلٍ أَفْضَلَ الْآنَ.Thanks to the good lessons, I can understand the Arabic language better now.
  2. to learn
  3. to observe
  4. to comprehend

Words from the root ف-ه-م

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

فَهِمَ · present يَفْهَمُ
Form I · The plain action

to understand; to learn; to observe

فَهْم
Verbal noun
understanding
فَهِم
Active participle
فَهِيم
Active participle
مَفْهُوم
Passive participle · Adjective
understood
مَفْهُوم
Passive participle
concept
فَهَّمَ · present يُفَهِّمُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to cause to understand

تَفْهِيم
Verbal noun
مُفَهِّم
Active participle
مُفَهَّم
Passive participle
أَفْهَمَ · present يُفْهِمُ
Form IV · Causative

to make understand; to instruct

إِفْهَام
Verbal noun
مُفْهِم
Active participle
مُفْهَم
Passive participle
تَفَاهَمَ · present يَتَفَاهَمُ
Form VI · Mutual action

reach an understanding; come to an agreement; be understood

تَفَاهُم
Verbal noun
accord
مُتَفَاهِم
Active participle
مُتَفَاهَم
Passive participle
اِسْتَفْهَمَ · present يَسْتَفْهِمُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to inquire; to seek to understand; to ask for explanation

اِسْتِفْهَام
Verbal noun
interrogative
مُسْتَفْهِم
Active participle
مُسْتَفْهَم
Passive participle
أَفْهَم
Adjective
better at understanding
اِسْتِفْهَامِيّ
Adjective
interrogative
مُفَاهَمَة
Noun · f.
mutual agreement

فَهِمَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iفَهِمْتُأَفْهَمُأَفْهَمَأَفْهَمْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)فَهِمْتَتَفْهَمُتَفْهَمَتَفْهَمْاِفْهَمْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)فَهِمْتِتَفْهَمِينَتَفْهَمِيتَفْهَمِياِفْهَمِي
هُوَ heفَهِمَيَفْهَمُيَفْهَمَيَفْهَمْ—
هِيَ sheفَهِمَتْتَفْهَمُتَفْهَمَتَفْهَمْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoفَهِمْتُمَاتَفْهَمَانِتَفْهَمَاتَفْهَمَااِفْهَمَا
هُمَا they two (m.)فَهِمَايَفْهَمَانِيَفْهَمَايَفْهَمَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)فَهِمَتَاتَفْهَمَانِتَفْهَمَاتَفْهَمَا—
نَحْنُ weفَهِمْنَانَفْهَمُنَفْهَمَنَفْهَمْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)فَهِمْتُمْتَفْهَمُونَتَفْهَمُواتَفْهَمُوااِفْهَمُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)فَهِمْتُنَّتَفْهَمْنَتَفْهَمْنَتَفْهَمْنَاِفْهَمْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)فَهِمُوايَفْهَمُونَيَفْهَمُوايَفْهَمُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)فَهِمْنَيَفْهَمْنَيَفْهَمْنَيَفْهَمْنَ—
Verbal nounفَهْم
Active participleفَهِم، فَهِيم
Passive participleمَفْهُوم

فَهِمَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to understand

بِفَضْلِ الدُّرُوسِ الْجَيِّدَةِ، يُمْكِنُنِي فَهْمُ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ بِشَكْلٍ أَفْضَلَ الْآنَ.Thanks to the good lessons, I can understand the Arabic language better now.

From a fully vowelled text

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «كَيْفَ لاَ تَفْهَمُونَ؟»And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?Mark 8:21, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لَيْسَ مَنْ يَفْهَمُ. لَيْسَ مَنْ يَطْلُبُ اللهَ.There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.Romans 3:11, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
حِينَئِذٍ فَتَحَ ذِهْنَهُمْ لِيَفْهَمُوا الْكُتُبَ.Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,Luke 24:45, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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