How to say "to understand" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto understand
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَهِمَ
fahimaפהם
فهم
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
הבין
hevinهِڤِين
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
فِهِم
fihimפהםCairo says fihim.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
فْهم
fhemפהםDarija: fhem.
In a phrase
فَهِمَ الدَّرْس بِسُرْعَة
fahima ad-dars bi-surʿaפהם א-דרס בסרעהHe understood the lesson quickly