جهالة
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Arabic[edit]
Noun[edit]
جَهَالَة • (jahāla) f
- verbal noun of جَهِلَ (jahila, “to be ignorant, be stupid”) (form I)
- ignorance
- stupidity
- folly
- 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi :
- ذُو الْعَقلِ يَشْقَى فِي النَّعِيمِ بِعَقْلِهِ / وَأَخُو الْجَهَالَةِ فِي الشَّقَاوَةِ يَنْعَمُ
- rudeness
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun جَهَالَة (jahāla)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | جَهَالَة jahāla |
الْجَهَالَة al-jahāla |
جَهَالَة jahālat |
Nominative | جَهَالَةٌ jahālatun |
الْجَهَالَةُ al-jahālatu |
جَهَالَةُ jahālatu |
Accusative | جَهَالَةً jahālatan |
الْجَهَالَةَ al-jahālata |
جَهَالَةَ jahālata |
Genitive | جَهَالَةٍ jahālatin |
الْجَهَالَةِ al-jahālati |
جَهَالَةِ jahālati |
Descendants[edit]
- → Turkish: cehalet
References[edit]
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جهالة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen