جهل

See also: چهل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ج ه ل (j-h-l).

Verb

1. to be ignorant of, not to know (with بِ (bi) or transitive)
2. to be foolish, to be irrational

Antonyms

• عَلِمَ (ʕalima)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جهل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Verb

جَهَّلَ • (jahhala) II (non-past يُجَهِّلُ (yujahhilu), verbal noun تَجْهِيل (tajhīl))

1. to attribute ignorance to
2. (ditransitive) to cause to be ignorant

Etymology 2

Noun

جَهْل • (jahl) m

1. verbal noun of جَهِلَ (jahila) (form I)
2. ignorance
3. stupidity

Declension

Declension of noun جَهْل (jahl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَهْل jahl	الْجَهْل al-jahl	جَهْل jahl
Nominative	جَهْلٌ jahlun	الْجَهْلُ al-jahlu	جَهْلُ jahlu
Accusative	جَهْلًا jahlan	الْجَهْلَ al-jahla	جَهْلَ jahla
Genitive	جَهْلٍ jahlin	الْجَهْلِ al-jahli	جَهْلِ jahli

Antonyms

• عِلْم (ʕilm)

Derived terms

• جَهْل مُرَكَّب (jahl murakkab)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جهل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 3

Adjective

جُهَّل • (juhhal) pl

1. masculine/feminine plural of جَاهِل (jāhil)

Adjective

جُهُل • (juhul) pl

1. masculine/feminine plural of جَهُول (jahūl)