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تَجَاهَلَ

to ignore

VerbForm VIRoot ج-ه-ل

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Present tense
يَتَجَاهَلُ
Verbal noun
تَجَاهُل
Active participle
مُتَجَاهِل
Passive participle
مُتَجَاهَل

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
مَجْهُول
unknown
Verb · Form I
جَهِلَ
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

تَجَاهَلَ in English

Verb · Form VI

  1. to ignore
  2. to feign ignorance
    وَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ الْجَهْلَ فِي النَّاسِ فَاشِيًا / تَجَاهَلْتُ حَتَّى ظُنَّ أَنِّي جَاهِلُAnd when I saw ignorance widespread among the people, I feigned ignorance until it was thought that I was ignorant.أَبُو الْعَلَاءِ الْمَعَرِّيّ (ʔabū l-ʕalāʔi l-maʕarriyy)

Word origin

Compare جَاهِل (jāhil, “ignorant”).

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

جَهْل
Verbal noun
جَهَالَة
Verbal noun
ignorance
جَاهِل
Active participle · Adjective
ignorant
مَجْهُول
Passive participle · Adjective
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
أَجْهَل
Adjective
elative degree of جَاهِل

تَجَاهَلَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iتَجَاهَلْتُأَتَجَاهَلُأَتَجَاهَلَأَتَجَاهَلْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)تَجَاهَلْتَتَتَجَاهَلُتَتَجَاهَلَتَتَجَاهَلْتَجَاهَلْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)تَجَاهَلْتِتَتَجَاهَلِينَتَتَجَاهَلِيتَتَجَاهَلِيتَجَاهَلِي
هُوَ heتَجَاهَلَيَتَجَاهَلُيَتَجَاهَلَيَتَجَاهَلْ—
هِيَ sheتَجَاهَلَتْتَتَجَاهَلُتَتَجَاهَلَتَتَجَاهَلْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoتَجَاهَلْتُمَاتَتَجَاهَلَانِتَتَجَاهَلَاتَتَجَاهَلَاتَجَاهَلَا
هُمَا they two (m.)تَجَاهَلَايَتَجَاهَلَانِيَتَجَاهَلَايَتَجَاهَلَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)تَجَاهَلَتَاتَتَجَاهَلَانِتَتَجَاهَلَاتَتَجَاهَلَا—
نَحْنُ weتَجَاهَلْنَانَتَجَاهَلُنَتَجَاهَلَنَتَجَاهَلْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)تَجَاهَلْتُمْتَتَجَاهَلُونَتَتَجَاهَلُواتَتَجَاهَلُواتَجَاهَلُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)تَجَاهَلْتُنَّتَتَجَاهَلْنَتَتَجَاهَلْنَتَتَجَاهَلْنَتَجَاهَلْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)تَجَاهَلُوايَتَجَاهَلُونَيَتَجَاهَلُوايَتَجَاهَلُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)تَجَاهَلْنَيَتَجَاهَلْنَيَتَجَاهَلْنَيَتَجَاهَلْنَ—
Verbal nounتَجَاهُل
Active participleمُتَجَاهِل
Passive participleمُتَجَاهَل

تَجَاهَلَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to feign ignorance

وَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ الْجَهْلَ فِي النَّاسِ فَاشِيًا / تَجَاهَلْتُ حَتَّى ظُنَّ أَنِّي جَاهِلُAnd when I saw ignorance widespread among the people, I feigned ignorance until it was thought that I was ignorant.أَبُو الْعَلَاءِ الْمَعَرِّيّ (ʔabū l-ʕalāʔi l-maʕarriyy)

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