جَهْل
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Most common words from the same root
جَهِلَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to be ignorant of, not to know (with بِ (bi) or transitive)
- to be foolish, to be irrational
Words from the root ج-ه-ل
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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
جَهَالَة
ignorance
جَاهِل
ignorant
unknown
مَجْهُول
passive voice
جَاهِلِيَّة
pre-Islamic Arabia
جَهَّلَ
· present يُجَهِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to attribute ignorance to; to cause to be ignorant
تَجْهِيل
obscurantism
مُجَهِّل
مُجَهَّل
تَجَاهَلَ
· present يَتَجَاهَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to ignore; to feign ignorance
تَجَاهُل
مُتَجَاهِل
مُتَجَاهَل
اِسْتَجْهَلَ
· present يَسْتَجْهِلُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to consider ignorant, to find (something or someone) ignorant
اِسْتِجْهَال
مُسْتَجْهِل
مُسْتَجْهَل
أَجْهَل
elative degree of جَاهِل
جَهِلَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | جَهِلْتُ | أَجْهَلُ | أَجْهَلَ | أَجْهَلْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | جَهِلْتَ | تَجْهَلُ | تَجْهَلَ | تَجْهَلْ | اِجْهَلْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | جَهِلْتِ | تَجْهَلِينَ | تَجْهَلِي | تَجْهَلِي | اِجْهَلِي |
| هُوَ he | جَهِلَ | يَجْهَلُ | يَجْهَلَ | يَجْهَلْ | — |
| هِيَ she | جَهِلَتْ | تَجْهَلُ | تَجْهَلَ | تَجْهَلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | جَهِلْتُمَا | تَجْهَلَانِ | تَجْهَلَا | تَجْهَلَا | اِجْهَلَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | جَهِلَا | يَجْهَلَانِ | يَجْهَلَا | يَجْهَلَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | جَهِلَتَا | تَجْهَلَانِ | تَجْهَلَا | تَجْهَلَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | جَهِلْنَا | نَجْهَلُ | نَجْهَلَ | نَجْهَلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | جَهِلْتُمْ | تَجْهَلُونَ | تَجْهَلُوا | تَجْهَلُوا | اِجْهَلُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | جَهِلْتُنَّ | تَجْهَلْنَ | تَجْهَلْنَ | تَجْهَلْنَ | اِجْهَلْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | جَهِلُوا | يَجْهَلُونَ | يَجْهَلُوا | يَجْهَلُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | جَهِلْنَ | يَجْهَلْنَ | يَجْهَلْنَ | يَجْهَلْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | جَهْل |
|---|---|
| Active participle | جَاهِل |
| Passive participle | مَجْهُول |
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