مزح

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of jesting, humor, and lightheartedness. It encompasses the act of joking, the state of being humorous, and the qualities associated with someone who is not overly serious or burdensome.

Derived headwords

مَزَحَverb

1.
to jokeboth
To engage in lighthearted conversation or behavior for amusement; to jest.

مَزْحnoun

1.
jokingboth
The act or practice of joking; jesting.
2.
humorboth
The quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech.

مُزَاحnoun

1.
jokingboth
The act of joking or jesting.

مُزَاحَةnoun

1.
jokingboth
The act of joking or jesting.

مَزَاحَةnoun

1.
jokingboth
The act of joking or jesting.

مَازَحَverb

1.
to joke withboth
To engage in joking or jesting with someone.

مُمَازَحَةnoun

1.
jokingboth
The act of joking or jesting with someone.

مُزَاحnoun

1.
jokingboth
The act of joking or jesting.

مُزَاحnoun

1.
jokingboth
The act of joking or jesting.

مُزَاحَةnoun

1.
jokingboth
The act of joking or jesting.

تَمَازَحَverb

1.
to joke with each otherboth
To engage in mutual joking or jesting.

أَمْزَحَverb

1.
to be humorousclassical
To possess or exhibit humor; to be lighthearted.

Parallel reading

المزح: الدعابة

Jesting: humor.

المزح نقيض الجد

Jesting is the opposite of seriousness.

مزح يمزح مزحا ومزاحا ومزاحا ومزاحة

He joked, he jokes, with joking, jesting, jest, and jesting.

وقد مازحه ممازحة ومزاحا

And he joked with him, with joking and jesting.

والاسم المزاح، بالضم، والمزاحة أيضا

And the noun is 'muzah', with damma, and also 'muzahah'.

أرى أبا حنيفة حكى: أمزح كرمك، بقطع الألف، بمعنى عرشه

I see Abu Hanifa narrated: 'Amzah karamuk', with a cut alif, meaning 'your generosity is humorous'.

الجوهري: المزاح، بالكسر: مصدر مازحه

Al-Jawhari: 'Muzah', with kasra, is the masdar of 'mazaha'.

وهما يتمازحان

And they joke with each other.

المزح من الرجال الخارجون من طبع الثقلاء، المتميزون من طبع البغضاء

Jesting among men refers to those who are free from the disposition of the dull and heavy, distinguished from the disposition of hatred.