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حَمْقِ madness in Arabic

حَمْقِ is how you say “madness” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

قِيلَ فَمَا دَوْاءُ ٱلْحَمْقِ؟

They asked: Then what is the remedy for madness?

ٱلْحَمْقِ madness

This noun is the owning half of the 'remedy of ...' pair, so it sits in the 'of' (genitive) form and names what the cure is for. Its case comes from the construct. It anchors the question's topic.

From On Foolishness and Wisdom

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More example sentences

مَا حَدُّ الْحَمْقِ؟

What is the limit of folly?

الْحَمْقِ folly

This is the possessed half of 'the limit of folly', so it takes the (genitive) ending and its al- supplies the definiteness for the whole pairing. The two nouns side by side mean 'the limit of folly' with no separate 'of'. It names what the limit belongs to.

From On Foolishness and Wisdom

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