istahzaʾa

deride, mock

اِسْتَهْزَأَ

Word

Verb · Form X

Root

ه ز ء

Forms

Present: يَسْتَهْزِئُ
Verbal noun: اِسْتِهْزاء

In the library

اللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيَمُدُّهُمْ فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

The Qurʾān, page 3 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	اِسْتَهْزَأَ	يَسْتَهْزِئُ	—
she هِيَ	اِسْتَهْزَأَت	تَسْتَهْزِئُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	اِسْتَهْزَآ	يَسْتَهْزِئانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	اِسْتَهْزَأَتا	تَسْتَهْزِئانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	اِسْتَهْزَأُوا	يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	اِسْتَهْزَأْنَ	يَسْتَهْزِئْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	اِسْتَهْزَأْتَ	تَسْتَهْزِئُ	اِسْتَهْزِئْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	اِسْتَهْزَأْتِ	تَسْتَهْزِئِينَ	اِسْتَهْزِئِي
you two أَنْتُما	اِسْتَهْزَأْتُما	تَسْتَهْزِئانِ	اِسْتَهْزِئَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	اِسْتَهْزَأْتُم	تَسْتَهْزِئُونَ	اِسْتَهْزِئُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	اِسْتَهْزَأْتُنَّ	تَسْتَهْزِئْنَ	اِسْتَهْزِئْنَ
I أَنا	اِسْتَهْزَأْتُ	أَسْتَهْزِئُ	—
we نَحْنُ	اِسْتَهْزَأْنا	نَسْتَهْزِئُ	—

From the same root

All words from ه ز ء →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 8 entries

هَزَأَ مِنْهُ Form I He mocked at, scoffed at, laughed at, derided, or ridiculed, him

, (K,) and بِهِ; (S, K;) and هَزِيأَ (S, K) followed by منه and به; (Akh, S;) but accord. to Yoo, we should say هزيأ به only; not منه; (TA;) aor. , inf. n. هُزْءٌ and هُزُوأٌ (S, K) and هُزُوْءٌ (TA) and مَهْزَأَةٌ; (S, K;) and به ↓ تهزّأ, (AZ, S, K,) and به ↓ استهزأ; (S, K;) He mocked at, scoffed at, laughed at, derided, or ridiculed, him. (S, K.) ― -b2- The most approved reading of ↓ مُسْتَهْزِيأُونَ in the Kur, ii. 13, is with the ء fully pronounced: some alleviate it: and some read مُسْتَهْزِيُرنَ: and some مُسْتَهْزُونَ; (but this pronunciation is of weak authority;) and say إِسْتَهْزَيْتُ for إِسْتَهْزَأْتُ. (Zj.) ― -b3- السَّرَابُ يَهْزَأُ بِالرَّكْبِ (tropical:) [The mirage mocks the company of riders]. (A.) -A2- هَزَأَ, (K,) inf. n. هَزْءٌ, (TA,) He, or it, broke a thing. (K.) ― -b2- A poet says, describing a coat of mail, " لَهَا عُكَنْ تَرُدُّ النَّبْلَ خَنْسًا وَتَهْزَأُ بِالْمَعَابِلِ وَالقِطَاعِ " [It has creases that repel the arrows, making them to recede, and break the broad and long arrow-heads, and those which are small and broad]. The ب in بالمعابل is redundant. This is the opinion of the lexicologists, except ISd, who thinks that this is an error, and that تهزأ here means “ mocks. ” (TA.) -A3- هَزَأَ إِبِلَهُ (K; but it is thought that this may be a mistake for هَرَأَ, TA,) inf. n. هَزْءٌ; (TA;) and ↓ اهزأ ها; (K;) He killed his camels with cold. IAar says, that اهزأهُ البَرْدُ and اهرأهُ both signify The cold killed him. (TA.) -A4- هَزَأَ He put in motion, [or excited,) the beast on which he rode. (As, K.) -A5- هَزَأَ and هَزِيأَ He died (K) in his place, or on the spot; i. e. unexpectedly, or suddenly: (Z:) improperly objected against by Ibn-Es-Sáïgh. ('Ináyeh, MF.)
اهزأ Form IV He entered upon the time of severe cold

He entered upon the time of severe cold. (K.) See also اهرأ, which is the word commonly known. (TA.) ― -b2- See 1. -A2- اهزأتْ بِهِ نَاقَتُهُ His she-camel hastened with him. (K.)
تَهَزَّاَ Form V Open entry

see 1.
إِسْتَهْزَاَ Form X Open entry

see 1.
هُزْأَةٌ who is mocked at, scoffed at, laughed at, derided

One who is mocked at, scoffed at, laughed at, derided; a ridiculous person. (S, K.)
هُزَأَةٌ who mocks at, scoffs at, laughs at, derides, or ridicules, others

One who mocks at, scoffs at, laughs at, derides, or ridicules, others. (S, K.)
غَدَاةٌ هَازِيأَةٌ A morning intensely cold

(tropical:) A morning intensely cold: as though mocking men when they shrug and shiver. (A.)
مَفَازَةٌ هَازِيأَةٌ بِالرَّكْبِ A desert that mocks the company of riders

, and with هُزَأَةٌ for هازيأة, (tropical:) [A desert that mocks the company of riders]. (A.)

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