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جَاهِلِىٌّ

Root: جَهِلَ

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جَاهِلِىٌّ [A pagan; a pagan Arab; one of those who are called collectively ; and sometimes , pl. of شَاهِدٌ: and particularly, a pagan poet;] a poet of the first, or earliest, of the four classes which are ranked in chronological order; of the class which was succeeded next by the مُخَضْرَمُون. (Mz, 49th نوع.) [See also شَاهِدٌ.]
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