Arabic for be ignorant

jahila

ﺟَﻬِﻞَ

be ignorant – past tense he

yajhalu

ﻳَﺠﻬَﻞُ

be ignorant – present tense he

The Arabic verb for be ignorant is written ﺟَﻬِﻞَ and pronunced jahila in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﺠﻬَﻞُ and pronounced yajhalu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﺝ ﻩ ﻝ

The root of the word be ignorant consists of three Arabic letters: jim that is written ﺝ and pronounced j, ha that is written ﻩ and pronounced h and lam that is written ﻝ and pronounced l. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to be ignorant

The letters of be ignorant

ﺟَﻬِﻞَ

ﺟـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻞ

ﺟـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻞ

ﺝ

ﺟـ

ـﺠـ

ـﺞ

ﻩ

ﻫـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻪ

ﻝ

ﻟـ

ـﻠـ

ـﻞ

jim

lam

The Arabic word for be ignorant consists of: The letter jim that is written ﺝ ( here ﺟـ ) and pronounced j and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter ha that is written ﻩ ( here ـﻬـ ) and pronounced h and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter lam that is written ﻝ ( here ـﻞ ) and pronounced l and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. Therefore, the word is writen ﺟَﻬِﻞَ and pronounced jahila.

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The pattern for be ignorant

fa3ila becomes jahila

We have seen that the Arabic word for be ignorant is written ﺟَﻬِﻞَ and pronounced jahila. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ila where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ila and the root letters are j, h and l, the word becomes jahila.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns