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هزل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of being light, frivolous, or jesting, as opposed to seriousness or gravity. It also extends to the physical state of leanness or emaciation, particularly in animals, often due to hardship or famine.

Derived headwords

هَزَلَverb
  1. 1.
    Joking is the opposite of seriousnessboth

    Joking is the opposite of seriousness

الهَزْلnoun
  1. 1.
    jestingboth

    The act or state of jesting, joking, or engaging in lightheartedness; the opposite of seriousness or gravity.

الهُزَالnoun
  1. 1.
    The opposite of fatnessboth

    The opposite of fatness

مَهْزُولadjective
  1. 1.
    emaciatedboth

    Describing something or someone that has become thin and weak, typically due to illness or lack of food.

Parallel reading

الهزل: ضد الجد.
Jesting: the opposite of seriousness.
وقد هزل يهزل.
And he jested, he jests.
تجد بنا في كل يوم ونهزل
You find us in every day, and we jest.
والهزال: ضد السمن.
And leanness: the opposite of fatness.
يقال: هزلت الدابة هزالا على ما لم يسم فاعله.
It is said: the animal became lean, a leanness, with the doer of the action not mentioned.
وهزلتها أنا هزلا، فهو مهزول.
And I made it lean, a leanness, and it is emaciated.
وأهزل القوم، إذا أصابت مواشيهم سنة فهزلت.
And the people's livestock became lean, when a drought afflicted their animals and they became lean.