mfhoum مفهوم
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“mfhoum” (مفهوم) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning understandable, clear.
Meanings
- understandable, clear
- notion, concept
Usage
As an adjective, mfhoum is said of what one understands without difficulty. The phrase "rah mfhoum" is often used to agree: it's clear, I see what you mean. Said on its own, "mfhoum ?" is equivalent to "understood?". As a noun, the word is rather pronounced mafhoum and means "notion, concept". This sense belongs to a more learned register: teaching, media, debates. In the feminine, the adjective becomes mfhouma. The plural of the noun is mafahim (concepts).
Example
راه مفهوم هادشي لي كاتڭول
rah mfhoum hadchi li katgoul
“What you're saying is understandable.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mfhoum” but also “mafhoum”, “mf8oum”, “mfhom”, “mafhom” and “mf8om”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “mfhoum” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “understood, clear”; “understandable”: mafhoum in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “understood, understandable, clear”; “notion, concept”: mafhoum in Tunisian.