Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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مزج مزح مزد


1. ⇒ مزح

مَزَحَ, aor. ـَ {يَمْزَحُ}, inf. n. مَزْحٌ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and quasi-inf. n. مُزَاحٌ and مُزاحَةٌ, (Ḳ,) [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; (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ;) 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.)


3. ⇒ مازح

مازحهُ, inf. n. مِزَاحٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) and مُمَازَحَةٌ, (Ḳ,) He jested, or joked, with him. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


6. ⇒ تمازح

تَمَازَحَا They two jested, or joked, one with the other. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


مَزْحَةٌ

مَزْحَةٌ A jest, or joke; a single act of jesting, or joking. (Mṣb.)


مُزَاحٌ

مُزَاحٌ and مُزَاحَةٌ, substs., A jesting, or joking. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) [See 1.]


مَزَّاحٌ

رَجُلٌ مَزَّاحٌ A man who is a great jester, or joker. (A.)


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