จับอรรถ

jàp àt

Meanings

1NounC1

[to] grasp the meaning

To understand or apprehend the sense or purport of what is said or written.

Examples

อ่านàanอ่านàan1[to] read2[to] read aloud; pronounce3[to] interpret; make sense ofบทความbòt kwaamบทความbòt kwaamarticle; essayแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)พอจะpor jàพอจะpor jàcan possibly; be able to (to some extent)จับอรรถjàp àtจับอรรถjàp àt[to] grasp the meaningของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsผู้เขียนpôo kĭianผู้เขียนpôo kĭian1writer; author2I (the author) [formal writing]ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเตือนdteuuanเตือนdteuuan1[to] warn2[to] remind3[to] caution; admonishเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesความเหลื่อมล้ำkwaam lèuuam lámความเหลื่อมล้ำkwaam lèuuam láminequality; disparity (esp. social/economic)
After reading the article, I could grasp the author's point that he was warning about inequality.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

จับjàpจับjàp1[to] hold; grasp2[to] touch; feel3[to] catch; seize; capture4[to] arrest5[to] detect; pick up; sense6[to] assign; pair up; match7[to be] chilled; feel cold (body part)8[to] set; fix (price, time, etc.)Part 1
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อรรถàtอรรถàt1meaning; sense (of text)2benefit; advantage; profit (lit.)3doctrine; teaching (liturgical/literary)Part 2
จับอรรถjàp àtจับอรรถjàp àt[to] grasp the meaning