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جهل
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaالجَاهِلِيَّةٌ الجاهليه الجاهلية جاهلي جاهلية : see what next precedes. ― -b2- [Also, or] ↓ الجَاهِلِيَّةُ الجَهْلَاآءُ, (JK, S, K,) in which the latter word is a corroborative, (S, K,) as in لَيْلَةٌ لَيْلَاآءُ &c., (S,) [ The time, or state, of ignorance, or paganism; or of intense ignorance; ] the time of the فَتْرَة [or cessation of the mission of apostles, and of the effacement of the signs of their religion ]. (JK.) One says, كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى الجَاهِلِيَّةِ الجَهْلَاآءِ [ That was in the time, or state, of paganism, or of intense ignorance ]. (S.)
Derived headwords
الجَاهِلِيَّةٌ
- 1.
لَيْلَةٌ لَيْلَاآءُ
كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى الجَاهِلِيَّةِ