جهل

جَاهِلٌ جاهل and ↓ جَهُولٌ, [but the latter has an intensive signification,] Ignorant: (Msb, K:) and silly, or foolish, in conduct: and wrong in conduct: (Msb:) [ characterized by جَهْل in any of the senses assigned to this word above: ] pl. جُهَّالٌ (K, KL) and جُهْلٌ and جُهُلٌ and جُهَّلٌ and جُهَلَاآءُ: (K:) 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 أَغْنِيَاآءَ i. e., The ignorant of their [real] state [ would reckon them possessed of competence ]. (TA.) هُوَ جَاهِلٌ مِنْهُ means هو جاهل بِهِ, (K, TA,) i. e., He is ignorant [ of him, or it, or] of his, or its, state, or condition. (TA.) ― -b2- الجَاهِلُ The lion (K, TA) that is ignorant of the prey. (TA.) [In the CK, وَالجَاهِلُ الاَسَدُ is a mistake for وَالجَاهِلُ الأَسَدُ.]