Arabic for understand

fahima

ﻓَﻬِﻢَ

understand – past tense he

yafhamu

ﻳَﻔﻬَﻢُ

understand – present tense he

The Arabic verb for understand is written ﻓَﻬِﻢَ and pronunced fahima in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻔﻬَﻢُ and pronounced yafhamu. See more conjugations

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Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word understand

I can understand that you are tired.¹

'innii 'afhamu 'annaka mujhadun

ﺇِﻧِّﻲ ﺃَﻓﻬَﻢُ ﺃَﻧَّﻚَ ﻣُﺠﻬَﺪٌ

I liked you and I thought that you would understand.⁶

kuntu 'uHibbuka waZanantu 'annaka satafhamu

ﻛُﻨﺖُ ﺃُﺣِﺒُّﻚَ ﻭَﻇَﻨَﻨﺖُ ﺃَﻧَّﻚَ ﺳَﺘَﻔﻬَﻢُ

He did not understand the reason for his behavior.⁸

lam yafham sababa taSarrufihi

ﻟَﻢ ﻳَﻔﻬَﻢ ﺳَﺒَﺐَ ﺗَﺼَﺮُّﻓِﻪِ

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Important letters: ﻑ ﻩ ﻡ

The root of the word understand consists of three Arabic letters: fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f, ha that is written ﻩ and pronounced h and mim that is written ﻡ and pronounced m. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to understand

to agree, understand one another

The word understand letter by letter

ﻓَﻬِﻢَ

ﻓـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻢ

ﻓـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻢ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

ﻩ

ﻫـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻪ

ﻡ

ﻣـ

ـﻤـ

ـﻢ

mim

The Arabic word for understand consists of: The letter fa that is written ﻑ ( here ﻓـ ) and pronounced f and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter ha that is written ﻩ ( here ـﻬـ ) and pronounced h and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter mim that is written ﻡ ( here ـﻢ ) and pronounced m and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. Therefore, the word is writen ﻓَﻬِﻢَ and pronounced fahima.

Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for understand

fa3ila becomes fahima

We have seen that the Arabic word for understand is written ﻓَﻬِﻢَ and pronounced fahima. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ila where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ila and the root letters are f, h and m, the word becomes fahima.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns