How to say "sympathy, empathy" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningsympathy, empathy
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تَعَاطُف
taʿāṭufתעאטף
تعاطف
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
הזדהות
hizdahutهِزْدَاهُوت
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ع-ط-فHebrew root
ע-ט-ףSame root family as ʿāṭifa ('emotion') above, but in the mutual Form VI pattern: taʿāṭuf is feeling that bends toward someone else, i.e. sympathy. Hebrew's cousin עטף never developed this reciprocal social sense — it stayed with the individual soul 'wrapped' in feeling — so treat the match as a shared root with two different paths, not a direct translation.
Related Hebrew word:עטףatafأَتَاف
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In a phrase
تَعَاطُف كَبِير
taʿāṭuf kabīrתעאטף כבירgreat sympathy