How to say "sympathy, empathy" in Arabic

Shifted meaning

Meaningsympathy, 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-ف

Hebrew root

ע-ט-ף

Same 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 כביר

great sympathy

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