زهزق

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense laughter, often to the point of being uncontrollable. It also extends to meanings related to unintelligible speech and the gentle rocking or soothing of a child.

Derived headwords

الزَّهْزَقَةnoun

1.
Intense laughterboth
Severe or excessive laughter, akin to guffawing.
2.
Soothing a childclassical
The act of a mother rocking or gently moving her child.
3.
Unintelligible speechclassical
Speech that is unclear or cannot be understood, similar to mumbling.

تَزَهْزَقَverb

1.
To laugh intenselyboth
To laugh excessively or heartily.

وإن نأت عني لم تزهزق — And if she was distant from me, she did not laugh intensely.

أَهْزَقَverb

1.
To laugh excessivelyboth
To engage in a great deal of laughter.

وأهزق فلان في الضحك — And so-and-so laughed excessively.

زَهْزَقَverb

1.
To laugh intenselyboth
To laugh heartily or excessively.

زهزق في ضحكه زهزقة — He laughed intensely in his laughter.

أَنْزَقَverb

1.
To laugh excessivelyboth
To laugh a great deal.

وكوكب إذا أكثر منه — And Kawkab if he laughed a great deal.

الزُّهَزَاقnoun

1.
Rocking a childclassical
The name of the act of a mother soothing her child by rocking.

Parallel reading

الزَّهْزَقَة: شدة الضحك، والزهزقة كالقهقهة

Al-zahzaqah: intense laughter, and al-zahzaqah is like al-qahqahah (guffawing).

وإن نأت عني لم تزهزق

And if she was distant from me, she did not laugh intensely.

وأهزق فلان في الضحك وزهزق وأنزق وكوكب إذا أكثر منه

And so-and-so laughed excessively in his laughter, and zahzaqa, and anzaga, and Kawkab if he laughed a great deal.

زهزق في ضحكه زهزقة

He laughed intensely in his laughter with intense laughter.

ودهدق دهدقة

And dahdaqa with dahdaqah.

والزهزقة: ترقيص الأم الصبي

And al-zahzaqah: a mother's rocking of her child.

والزهزاق: اسم ذلك الفعل

And al-zahzaq: the name of that action.

والزهزقة: كلام لا يفهم مثل الهينمة

And al-zahzaqah: speech that is not understood, like mumbling.