huzāl

emaciation

هُزال

Word

Noun · pattern فُعال

Root

ه ز ل

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries
  • هَزْلٌ Form I contr. of جِدٌّ
    is contr. of جِدٌّ. (S, Mgh, K.) You say, هَزَلَ, aor. , inf. n. هَزْلٌ; (S, Msb, K;) and هَزِلَ, aor. , (K,) inf. n. as above; (TA;) and ↓ هَازَلَ; (K;) He jested, or joked; (Msb;) or was not serious, or in earnest; (TA;) فِى كَلاَمِهِ in his speech; (Msb, TA;) and فِى الأَمْرِ in the affair. (TA.)
  • هَازَلَ Form III He jested, or joked
    He jested, or joked. (K.) See 1.
  • هُزاَلٌ Leanness, meagreness, emaciation: contr. of fatness
    Leanness, meagreness, emaciation: contr. of fatness. (S, K.)
  • هَزْلَى Lean, meagre, emaciated
    , pl. of هَزِيلٌ Lean, meagre, emaciated. (K, voce خَشَبٌ.)
  • مَهْزُولٌ Open entry
    : see two exs. in a verse cited voce عِرْضٌ.

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