جَاهِلٌ
Root: جَهِلَ
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جَاهِلٌ
and
, [but the latter has an intensive signification,] Ignorant: and silly, or foolish, in conduct: and wrong in conduct: [characterized by
جَهْل
in any of the senses assigned to this word above:] pl. جُهَّالٌ and جُهْلٌ and جُهُلٌ and جُهَّلٌ and جُهَلَآءُ: see جَاهِلِىٌّ. The former epithet is mostly used in dispraise: but sometimes not in dispraise; as in the saying [in the Kur ii. 274], يَجْسِبُهُمُ الجَاهِلُ أَغْنِيَآءَ i. e., The ignorant of their [real] state [would reckon them possessed of competence]. هُوَ جَاهِلٌ مِنْهُ means هو جاهل
بِهِ, i. e., He is ignorant [of him, or it, or] of his, or its, state, or condition.
2 الجَاهِلُ The lion that is ignorant of the prey. [In the CK, وَالجَاهِلُ الاَسَدُ is a mistake for وَالجَاهِلُ الأَسَدُ.]
2 الجَاهِلُ The lion that is ignorant of the prey. [In the CK, وَالجَاهِلُ الاَسَدُ is a mistake for وَالجَاهِلُ الأَسَدُ.]
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