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māzaḥa

joke with, jest with

مازَحَ

Word

Verb · Form III

Root

م ز ح

Forms

Present
يُمازِحُ

In the library

ممن يمازح بهذا كثيرا، ورأيناه يتظرّف به، ويجعل ذلك الظرف سلّما إلى منع شينه .

The Book of Misers, page 80 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ مازَحَيُمازِحُ—
she هِيَ مازَحَتتُمازِحُ—
they two (m.) هُما مازَحايُمازِحانِ—
they two (f.) هُما مازَحَتاتُمازِحانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ مازَحُوايُمازِحُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ مازَحْنَيُمازِحْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ مازَحْتَتُمازِحُمازِحْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ مازَحْتِتُمازِحِينَمازِحِي
you two أَنْتُما مازَحْتُماتُمازِحانِمازِحَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ مازَحْتُمتُمازِحُونَمازِحُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ مازَحْتُنَّتُمازِحْنَمازِحْنَ
I أَنا مازَحْتُأُمازِحُ—
we نَحْنُ مازَحْنانُمازِحُ—

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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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