khuzaʿbal
prattle
خُزَعْبَل
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries-
خَزَعْبَلٌ Stories that are held to be clever, ingenious, or elegant
Stories that are held to be clever, ingenious, or elegant, (IDrd, K,) and at which one laughs. (IDrd.) -
خُزَعْبَلٌ A false, or vain, saying or deed or affair or thing
i. q. بَاطِلٌ [app. as a subst., meaning A false, or vain, saying or deed or affair or thing]; as also ↓ خُزَعْبِيلٌ: (K:) or, accord. to El-Jarmee, (S, TA,) the latter, (S,) or each, (TA,) false, or vain, sayings or deeds or affairs or things. (S, TA.) -
خُزَعْبَلَةٌ A wonderful thing
or خُزَعْبِلَةٌ (accord. to different copies of the K) A wonderful thing. (IAar, K.) And [the pls.] خُزَعْبِلَاتٌ and خُزَعْبَلَاتٌ False, or vain, stories. (Har p. 16.) -
خُزَعْبِيلٌ Open entry
: see خُزَعْبَلٌ. -
خُزَعْبِيلَةٌ A laughable thing; a thing that makes people laugh
A laughable thing; a thing that makes people laugh. (S, K) One says, هَاتِ بَعْضَ خُزَعْبِيلَاتِكَ [Give me some of thy laughable thingsor stories]. (S.)
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