جَهْل
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Highlights
Feminine
مَجْهُولَة
Masculine plural
مَجْهُولُون
Most common words from the same root
مَجْهُول in English
Adjective
- unknown
- anonymous
Word origin
Derived from the passive participle of جَهِلَ (jahila, “to be ignorant, to not know”), from the root ج ه ل (j h l): literally, “not known”. The word is used to describe the passive voice, because in the passive the agent of the verb is usually not mentioned and is therefore unknown.
Words from the root ج-ه-ل
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
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
مَجْهُول: plural and other forms
| Singular | مَجْهُول |
|---|---|
| Feminine | مَجْهُولَة |
| Masculine plural | مَجْهُولُون |
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