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فَهِمَهُ

Root: فهم

Form: 1

Full Definition

فَهِمَهُI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun فَهْمٌ and فَهَمٌ, which is the more chaste, but the former is a dial. var. [more] extensively obtaining, or, as some say, it is a subst. used as an Verbal.Noun, and فَهَامِيَةٌ and فَهَامَةٌ and فِهَامَةٌ, He understood it, or knew it with the mind; he apprehended its meaning; syn. عَقَلَهُ, and عَلِمَهُ and عَرَفَهُ بِالقَلْبِ. And فَهِمَ عَنْهُ [He understood what he said]. (A in art. خرس; &c.) [See also فَهْمٌ below.]
2 فَهُمَ, meaning He was, or became, such as is termed فَهِيم [i. e. one having much understanding], is like عَلُمَ, meaning “ he was, or became, such as is termed عَلِيم. ”
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