جهالة
Arabic
Noun
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
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
- → Turkish: cehalet
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “جهالة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen