Arabic vocabulary
جَاهِلٍignorant person in Arabic
جَاهِلٍ is how you say “ignorant person” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَأَنَّهُ يُكَابِدُ مِئَةَ جَاهِلٍ
And that he struggles against a hundred ignorant people.
جَاهِل — ignorant person. This is the counted noun after 'a hundred', which Arabic keeps SINGULAR and in the (genitive) even though many are meant, the opposite of the English plural. So its singular shape is grammar, not a claim of one person. It names the kind of person the devil easily handles in droves.
From: On Reason and Temptation →
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