Arabic vocabulary
حَمَقٌfoolishness
How to say “foolishness” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَلِهَذَا يَتَفَاوَتُ الْحَمَقُ
Therefore, foolishness varies in degree.
الْحَمَقُ — foolishness. This noun is the delayed subject of the preceding verb, so it sits in the nominative as the doer; its al- makes it definite and abstract, 'foolishness' as a whole. It trails its verb in the standard Arabic order. It names what it is that varies in degree.
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