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الهزل

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of jesting, joking, and playfulness, contrasting with seriousness and gravity. It extends to meanings related to scarcity, poverty, and barrenness, particularly concerning livestock and wealth, and also includes specific proper nouns and terms for objects.

Derived headwords

هَزَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to jestboth

    To engage in joking, jesting, or lightheartedness, as opposed to being serious.

  2. 2.
    to become leanboth

    To become thin or emaciated, particularly referring to livestock.

هَازَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to jest withboth

    To joke or jest with someone.

هَزْلnoun
  1. 1.
    jestingboth

    The act of joking or jesting; playfulness.

  2. 2.
    leannessboth

    The state of being lean or emaciated.

هَزَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    jestboth

    A joke or a jest.

هَزَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    leannessboth

    The state of being lean or emaciated, the opposite of fatness.

هَزَلَ (كنصر)verb
  1. 1.
    to become leanboth

    To become lean or emaciated, especially referring to livestock.

هَزَلَ (كعني)verb
  1. 1.
    to become leanboth

    To become lean or emaciated, especially referring to livestock.

أَهْزَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to find leanboth

    To find something or someone to be lean or emaciated.

  2. 2.
    to make leanboth

    To cause something or someone to become lean or emaciated.

هَزَلَ (أهزله)verb
  1. 1.
    to make leanboth

    To cause something or someone to become lean or emaciated.

أَهْزَلُواverb
  1. 1.
    their wealth became scarceboth

    Their wealth became scarce or depleted, indicating poverty or hardship.

هَزَلُواverb
  1. 1.
    their wealth became scarceboth

    Their wealth became scarce or depleted, indicating poverty or hardship.

مَهَازِلnoun
  1. 1.
    barren landsclassical

    Areas that are barren, infertile, or unproductive, often due to drought or hardship.

هَزِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    leanboth

    Thin, emaciated, or lacking in flesh; gaunt.

هَزِيلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lean thingclassical

    A lean or emaciated entity, often used metaphorically.

هَيْزَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bannerclassical

    A banner or standard, often carried in battle or procession.

هَزْلَىnoun
  1. 1.
    snakesclassical

    A collective term for snakes, without a singular form.

رجل هَزْلadjective
  1. 1.
    joking manclassical

    A man who is prone to jesting and joking.

الهُزَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    humorboth

    Humor, wit, or facetiousness; the quality of being amusing.

ابن مرةname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Murrahclassical

    A Companion of the Prophet (Sahabi) named Ibn Murrah.

ابن ذياب بن يزيدname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Dhi'ab bin Yazidclassical

    A Companion of the Prophet (Sahabi) named Ibn Dhi'ab bin Yazid.

ابن شرحبيلname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Sharhabeelclassical

    A Tabi'i (successor) named Ibn Sharhabeel who lived during the Jahiliyyah period.

هزيلة بنت الحارثname
  1. 1.
    Hazilah bint al-Harithclassical

    A female Companion (Sahabiyyah) named Hazilah, daughter of al-Harith and sister of Maymunah.

هزيلة بنت مسعودname
  1. 1.
    Hazilah bint Mas'udclassical

    A female Companion (Sahabiyyah) named Hazilah, daughter of Mas'ud.

هزيلة بنت عمروname
  1. 1.
    Hazilah bint Amrclassical

    A female Companion (Sahabiyyah) named Hazilah, daughter of Amr.

هزيلة بنت سعيدname
  1. 1.
    Hazilah bint Sa'idclassical

    A female Companion (Sahabiyyah) named Hazilah, daughter of Sa'id.

Parallel reading

الهزل: نقيض الجد.
Jesting: the opposite of seriousness.
هزل، كضرب وفرح، وهازل.
He jested, like 'daraba' and 'fariha', and he is a jester.
ورجل هزل، ككتف: كثيره.
And a man who is 'hazl', like 'kitf', is one who jokes a lot.
وأهزله: وجده لعابا.
And he found him to be a jester.
والهزالة: الفكاهة.
And 'al-hazalah': humor.
والهزال، بالضم: نقيض السمن.
And 'al-huzal', with dammah: the opposite of fatness.
وهزل، كعني، هزالا، وهزل، كنصر، هزلا، ويضم، وهزلته أهزله وهزلته.
And he became lean, like ''anā', with 'hazālan', and he became lean, like 'nasara', with 'hazalan', and it is also said with dammah, and he made him lean, and he made him lean.
وأهزلوا: هزلت أموالهم، كهزلوا، كضربوا، وحبسوا أموالهم عن شدة وضيق.
And they became poor: their wealth became scarce, like they became poor, like 'darabū', and they withheld their wealth due to severity and hardship.
والمهازل: الجدوب.
And 'al-mahāzil': barren lands.
وهزل يهزل: موتت ماشيته وافتقر.
And he became lean and impoverished: his livestock died and he became poor.
وكشداد: ابن مرة، وابن ذياب بن يزيد، وآخر غير منسوب: صحابيون.
And like 'shaddād': Ibn Murrah, and Ibn Dhi'ab bin Yazid, and another unnamed one: Companions.
وهزيل، كزبير: ابن شرحبيل، تابعي أدرك الجاهلية.
And 'hazīl', like 'zubayr': Ibn Sharhabeel, a successor who lived during the Jahiliyyah.
وهزيلة، كجهينة: بنت الحارث أخت ميمونة أم المؤمنين، وبنت مسعود، وبنت عمرو، وبنت سعيد: صحابيات.
And 'hazīlah', like 'juhaynah': Bint al-Harith, sister of Maymunah the Mother of the Believers, and Bint Mas'ud, Bint Amr, and Bint Sa'id: female Companions.
والهيزلة: الراية.
And 'al-hayzalah': the banner.
والهزلى، كسكرى: الحيات لا واحد لها.
And 'al-hazlā', like 'sukrā': the snakes, which has no singular.