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حَماقَة
foolishness /ħaˈmaːqah/
nounB1#2713 most common
Also: stupidity, folly, a foolish act
Example sentences
هذِهِ حَماقَةٌ.
This is foolishness.
لا تَفعَل هذِهِ الحَماقَة.
Don't do this foolish thing.
ارتَكَبَ حَماقَةً كَبيرَةً أَمامَ الجَميع.
He committed a big folly in front of everyone.
نَدِمَ على حَماقَتِهِ بَعدَ فَواتِ الأَوانِ.
He regretted his foolishness after it was too late.
كانَت حَماقاتُ شَبابِهِ سَبَبًا في كَثيرٍ مِن مَشاكِلِهِ اللاحِقَة.
The follies of his youth were the cause of many of his later problems.
مَهما حاوَلَ أَن يُبَرِّرَ تَصَرُّفَهُ، تَبقى حَماقَتُهُ واضِحَةً لِكُلِّ مَن يَعرِفُهُ.
However much he tries to justify his behavior, his foolishness stays obvious to everyone who knows him.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَماقَةٌ | حَماقاتٌ |
| Genitive | حَماقَةٍ | حَماقاتٍ |
| Accusative | حَماقَةً | حَماقاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا حَماقَةُ | يا حَماقاتُ |
Word family
أَحْمَقfoolish; a fool (masc.)
حَمْقاءfoolish; a fool (fem.)
حَمُقَto be or become foolish
تَحامَقَto act foolishly, to play the fool
حَماقاتacts of folly, foolish deeds
Etymology
حَماقَة comes from the Semitic root ح-م-ق, which conveys the idea of foolishness or dullness of judgment. The noun follows the فَعالَة pattern common for abstract qualities, so it names the state or quality of being foolish. The same root gives Arabic its everyday word for a fool, أَحْمَق.
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