mazḥ
joking, jesting
مَزْح
Word
Noun · pattern فَعْلRoot
م ز حIn the library
وللضحك موضع وله مقدار، وللمزح موضع وله مقدار، متى جازهما أحد، وقصّر عنهما أحد، صار الفاضل خطلا ، والتقصير نقصا.
The Book of Misers, page 18 →From the same root
All words from م ز ح →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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