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ج-ه-ل

The Arabic root ج-ه-ل (j-h-l)

Form I verb جَهِلَ: to be ignorant of

11 words in the dictionary are built from ج-ه-ل, including verbs in Forms I, II, VI, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Adjective
unknown
Verb · Form VI
to ignore
Verb · Form I
to be ignorant of
Adjective
جَاهِل
ignorant
Verb · Form II
جَهَّلَ
to attribute ignorance to
Noun
مَجْهُول
passive voice
Adjective
أَجْهَل
elative degree of جَاهِل

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

جَهِلَ · present يَجْهَلُ
Form I · The plain action

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

جَهْل
Verbal noun
جَهَالَة
Verbal noun
ignorance
جَاهِل
Active participle
ignorant
Passive participle
unknown
مَجْهُول
Passive participle
passive voice
جَاهِلِيَّة
Derived noun
pre-Islamic Arabia
جَهَّلَ · present يُجَهِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to attribute ignorance to; to cause to be ignorant

تَجْهِيل
Verbal noun
obscurantism
مُجَهِّل
Active participle
مُجَهَّل
Passive participle
تَجَاهَلَ · present يَتَجَاهَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to ignore; to feign ignorance

تَجَاهُل
Verbal noun
مُتَجَاهِل
Active participle
مُتَجَاهَل
Passive participle
اِسْتَجْهَلَ · present يَسْتَجْهِلُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to consider ignorant, to find (something or someone) ignorant

اِسْتِجْهَال
Verbal noun
مُسْتَجْهِل
Active participle
مُسْتَجْهَل
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

أَجْهَل
Adjective
elative degree of جَاهِل

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