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مَجْهُول
unknown /madʒˈhuːl/
adjectiveB1#1947 most common
Also: anonymous, obscure, passive (grammar)
Example sentences
هٰذَا رَجُلٌ مَجْهُولٌ.
This is an unknown man.
السَّبَبُ مَجْهُولٌ.
The cause is unknown.
كَتَبَ الرِّسَالَةَ شَخْصٌ مَجْهُولٌ.
An unknown person wrote the letter.
بَقِيَ مَصِيرُهُ مَجْهُولاً لِسَنَوَاتٍ طَوِيلَةٍ.
His fate remained unknown for many years.
تَلَقَّتِ الشُّرْطَةُ تَهْدِيداتٍ مِنْ رَقْمٍ مَجْهُولٍ.
The police received threats from an unknown number.
يَظَلُّ الجُنْدِيُّ المَجْهُولُ رَمْزاً لِلتَّضْحِيَةِ الَّتِي لَا يُنْسَبُ إِلَيْهَا اسْمٌ.
The Unknown Soldier remains a symbol of a sacrifice to which no name is attached.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَجْهُولٌ | مَجْهُولُونَ |
| Genitive | مَجْهُولٍ | مَجْهُولِينَ |
| Accusative | مَجْهُولاً | مَجْهُولِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَجْهُولُ | يَا مَجْهُولُونَ |
Word family
جَهْلignorance
جَاهِلignorant
جَهِلَto be ignorant of, to not know
مَعْرُوفknown (antonym)تَجَاهَلَto ignore, to disregard
Etymology
The word is the passive participle of the verb جَهِلَ, meaning to be ignorant of or to not know. It is formed on the maf'ūl pattern, which turns a triliteral root into a passive participle. So the literal sense is a thing that is not known.
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