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ف-ه-م

understanding

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9 words in 9 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.

فَعِلَ
Form I verb (i)
فَعِلَ = a basic verb, often a feeling or a state
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- فَهِمَ
  to understand
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  يَفْهَمُ
  Command
  اِفْهَمْ
  أَفْهَمُ I understand; لَا أَفْهَمُ I don't understand
فَعْل
Short noun فَعْل
فَعْل = the act, or a basic thing
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- فَهْمٌ
  understanding
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مَفْعُول
Done-to (passive participle of form I)
مَفْعُول = the thing it was done to
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- مَفْهُومٌ
  understood; (noun) a concept
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  مَفْهُومٌ؟ understood?
فَاعِل
Doer (active participle of form I)
فَاعِل = the one who does it
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- فَاهِمٌ
  one who understands
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  Feminine
  فَاهِمَةٌ
تَفَاعَلَ
Form VI verb
تَفَاعَلَ = do it to each other
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- تَفَاهَمَ
  to reach an understanding with each other
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  يَتَفَاهَمُ
تَفَاعُل
Masdar of form VI
تَفَاعُل = the -ing of a form VI verb
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- تَفَاهُمٌ
  mutual understanding
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اِسْتَفْعَلَ
Form X verb
اِسْتَفْعَلَ = seek it, ask for it, use it
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- اِسْتَفْهَمَ
  to ask for clarification, inquire
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  يَسْتَفْهِمُ
اِسْتِفْعَال
Masdar of form X
اِسْتِفْعَال = the -ing of a form X verb
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- اِسْتِفْهَامٌ
  a question, inquiry; (grammar) the interrogative
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  عَلَامَةُ الِاسْتِفْهَامِ question mark
أَفْعَلَ
Form IV verb
أَفْعَلَ = make it happen
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- أَفْهَمَ
  to make someone understand
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  يُفْهِمُ

How the patterns shape this root

فَهِمَ is to understand: أَفْهَمُ, I understand; لَا أَفْهَمُ, I don't. مَفْهُوم (مَفْعُول) is 'understood' — as a question, مَفْهُومٌ؟, it checks that you followed — and as a noun it is a concept. Form VI تَفَاهَمَ is two people understanding each other, and تَفَاهُم the agreement they reach. Form X اِسْتَفْهَمَ is to seek understanding, to ask, so عَلَامَةُ الِاسْتِفْهَامِ is the question mark.

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