جهالة

Arabic

Root
ج ه ل (j h l)
9 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.haː.la/

Noun

جَهَالَة • (jahāla) f

  1. verbal noun of جَهِلَ (jahila, “to be ignorant, be stupid”) (form I)
  2. ignorance
  3. stupidity
  4. folly
    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi:
      ذُو الْعَقلِ يَشْقَى فِي النَّعِيمِ بِعَقْلِهِ / وَأَخُو الْجَهَالَةِ فِي الشَّقَاوَةِ يَنْعَمُ
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  5. rudeness

Declension

Declension of noun جَهَالَة (jahāla)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
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

  • → Azerbaijani: cəhalət
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جهالت (cehâlet)
  • → Uyghur: جاھالەت (jahalet)
  • → Uzbek: jaholat

References

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