أَحْمَق foolish in Arabic
أَحْمَق is how you say “foolish” in Arabic.
Root ح م ق ḥ-m-q. adjective (aḥmaq/aʿfal pattern, denoting a defect — used substantively as "a fool"). aḥmaq.
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Meaning of foolish in Arabic
- foolish, stupid unsound in intellect or understanding; having little or no reason
- dull-witted, mentally deficient described in Lane as 'stagnant, or dull' in understanding, i.e. deficient or defective in intellect rather than merely mistaken
Example sentence
كان الجصاص تاجرًا أحمق، فدخل على ابن الفرات الوزير،
Al-Jassas was a foolish merchant who entered upon the minister Ibn Al-Furat.
أَحْمَقَ foolish
A describing word, 'foolish', trailing 'merchant' as a further description. In Arabic the adjective follows its noun and matches it, so it shares the object ending and the indefinite, no-'the' state of 'merchant'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
أَحْمَق is the standard word for a person lacking sound understanding — foolish or stupid outright, not merely mistaken in one instance. Lane also records the wonder-expression مَا أَحْمَقَهُ, "how foolish he is!", built directly on this word.
Words from the same root
- حَمُقَ to be or become foolish, stupid (verb, form I)
- حُمْق foolishness, stupidity; unsoundness of intellect
- حَمَاقَة foolishness, stupidity (verbal noun/substantive)
- حمّق to call or brand someone a fool (verb, form II)
- استحمق to consider or deem someone a fool (verb, form X)
- تحامق to feign or affect foolishness (verb, form VI)
- حُمَاق smallpox, or a similar eruptive disease (figurative extension of the root)
Common questions
- How do you say "foolish" in Arabic?
- أَحْمَق (aḥmaq).
- What is the root of أَحْمَق and what does it convey?
- It comes from the root ح م ق (ḥ-m-q), which centers on foolishness or stupidity — unsoundness or dullness of intellect.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).