mazaḥa

joke with, jest with

مَزَحَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

م ز ح

Forms

Present: يَمْزَحُ
Verbal nouns: مَزْح، مُزاحَة

In the library

إن الناس يمزحون، ويلعبون، ولا يؤاخذون بشيء من ذلك، فردّ القميص عافاك الله» .

The Book of Misers, page 56 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	مَزَحَ	يَمْزَحُ	—
she هِيَ	مَزَحَت	تَمْزَحُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	مَزَحا	يَمْزَحانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	مَزَحَتا	تَمْزَحانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	مَزَحُوا	يَمْزَحُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	مَزَحْنَ	يَمْزَحْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	مَزَحْتَ	تَمْزَحُ	اِمْزَحْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	مَزَحْتِ	تَمْزَحِينَ	اِمْزَحِي
you two أَنْتُما	مَزَحْتُما	تَمْزَحانِ	اِمْزَحَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	مَزَحْتُم	تَمْزَحُونَ	اِمْزَحُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	مَزَحْتُنَّ	تَمْزَحْنَ	اِمْزَحْنَ
I أَنا	مَزَحْتُ	أَمْزَحُ	—
we نَحْنُ	مَزَحْنا	نَمْزَحُ	—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries

مَزَحَ Form I He jested or joked

, aor. , inf. n. مَزْحٌ, (S, K,) and quasiinf. n. مُزَاحٌ and مُزاحَةٌ, (K,) [the latter like its syn. دُعَابَةٌ,] but Fei says that this last is مَزَاحَةٌ, (TA,) [and he mentions it as an inf. n.,] He jested or joked; (S, Msb, K;) contr. of جَدَّ [which signifies “ he was serious, or in earnest ” ”]: (M:) or he talked or behaved in a free and easy manner, with the view of blandishing and conciliating, without annoying; so that it excludes the meaning of mocking or ridiculing or deriding. (MF.)
مازحهُ Form III He jested, or joked, with him

, inf. n. مِزَاحٌ (S, K) and مُمَازَحَةٌ, (K,) He jested, or joked, with him. (S, K.)
تَمَازَحَا Form VI They two jested, or joked, one with the other

They two jested, or joked, one with the other. (S, K.)
مَزْحَةٌ A jest, or joke; a single act of jesting, or joking

A jest, or joke; a single act of jesting, or joking. (Msb.)
مُزَاحٌ A jesting, or joking

and مُزَاحَةٌ, substs., A jesting, or joking. (S, K.) [See 1.]
رَجُلٌ مَزَّاحٌ A man who is a great jester, or joker

A man who is a great jester, or joker. (A.)

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