أَحْمَقُfoolish

Example sentences

• فقال البائع أنت أحمق، كان ينبغي أن تحمله مقلوبًا وأنت تسير على رأسك حتى لا يسيل

  The seller said: You are foolish; you should have carried it upside down while walking on your head so it wouldn't spill!

  أَحْمَقُ — foolish. The predicate said of 'you' in the verbless sentence, so it takes the -u ending; 'you are a fool' is linked with no word for 'are'. Its pattern is the standard 'more/most' adjective shape.

  From: Heedless Choices →

• قُلْتَ لِي يَا أَحْمَقُ وَلَوْ قُلْتَ لِي يَا أَرْعَنُ كَانَ أَسْهَلُ عَلَيَّ

  You said to me, "You fool." If you had said to me, "You oaf," it would have been easier for me.

  أَحْمَقُ — fool. A noun used as a term of address after the call-particle, the insult flung at the listener. Following the call-particle it serves as the one directly addressed. Its role is the named target of the rebuke.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →

• أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا وَهُوَ أَحْمَقُ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ،

  There is no one among people who is not foolish about what lies between him and God, the Exalted and Majestic.

  أَحْمَقُ — foolish. This adjective is the predicate of the circumstantial clause, stating the state 'he is foolish'. It pairs with the preceding 'he' directly, with no verb 'is', since Arabic equates the two by placement. It carries the heart of the claim: a hidden folly in everyone.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →

• مَا أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا وَهُوَ أَحْمَقُ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ رَبِّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ،

  There is no one among people who is not foolish regarding what lies between him and his Lord, the Exalted and Majestic.

  أَحْمَقُ — foolish. This adjective is the predicate of the circumstantial clause, asserting the state 'he is foolish'. It joins the preceding 'he' with no verb 'is', by simple placement. It carries the core claim of the saying.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →