Arabic word sheet
فَقِهَ
To understand
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ف ق ه
Meaning and usage
To understand
To grasp the meaning of something said or of a thing explained to one.
فَقِهَ الطَّالِبُ شَرْحَ الْمُعَلِّمِ.
The student understood the teacher's explanation.
To know well
To have sound knowledge of a thing, to be well versed in it.
فَقِهَ التَّاجِرُ أَحْوَالَ السُّوقِ.
The merchant knew the state of the market well.
Word family
What the root means ف ق ه
The root is about understanding, grasping what things mean. From it come understanding and knowledge, then the study of law, the scholar devoted to it, and teaching someone.
understanding; the study of law
فِقْهٌ
learned man, jurist
فَقِيهٌ
to study, to become learned
تَفَقَّهَ
to instruct, to make understand
فَقَّهَ
to teach, to explain to
أَفْقَهَ
mastery of learning
فَقَاهَةٌ
Synonyms
to understand
فَهِمَ
It is the everyday word; the headword is more formal and suggests grasping the heart of the matter.
to know
Broader: it is said of any knowledge, even knowledge picked up without grasping its deeper sense.
Opposites
not to know, to be ignorant of
جَهِلَ