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استجهلهُ

Root: جَهِلَ

Form: 10

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استجهلهُX He reckoned him, or esteemed him, جَاهِل [or ignorant, &c.].
2 He, or it, excited him to lightness, or levity, and unsteadiness.
3 اِسْتجْهَلَتِ الرِّيحُ الغُصْنَ The wind put the branch into a state of commotion.
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