How to say "father-in-law" in Arabic
CognateMeaningfather-in-law
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَم
ḥamחם
حم
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חָם (אבי בן/בת הזוג)
kham (avi ben/bat hazug)خَام (أَڤِي بِن/بَات هَازُوگ)
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ح-م-وHebrew root
ח-מ-וḤam matches Hebrew ḥam (חם) exactly. It's also one of Arabic's five special nouns — like ab ('father') — so 'my father-in-law' is ḥamī, built the same way as abī, 'my father'.
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In a phrase
حَمِي رَجُل كَرِيم
ḥamī rajul karīmחמי רג'ל כריםMy father-in-law is a generous man.
Plural
أَحْمَاء
aḥmāʾאחמאאbroken plural aCCāʾ — 'the in-laws' collectively.