Arabic vocabulary
جَهَالَةِignorance
How to say “ignorance” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
بَلَّ أَوْلَاءُ أَعْذَرُ بِالْجَهَالَةِ
On the contrary, those are more excusable because of ignorance.
بِالْجَهَالَةِ — because of ignorance. The prefix bi- here is causal, 'because of / on account of', heading a definite noun (al-) for ignorance. The preposition forces the 'of'-style ending and links the excuse to its ground: they are more excusable because of their not knowing.
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