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ز ه ز ق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense or excessive laughter, likened to other forms of boisterous amusement. It also extends to meanings related to unintelligible speech and a specific type of maternal rocking motion.

Derived headwords

الزَّهْزَقَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    intense laughterclassical

    Extreme or excessive laughter, similar to 'qahqaha' (loud laughter).

  2. 2.
    unintelligible speechclassical

    Speech that cannot be understood, akin to 'hainama' (muttering).

  3. 3.
    rocking a childclassical

    The act of a mother rocking her child.

تَزَهْزَقُverb
  1. 1.
    to laugh intenselyclassical

    To laugh intensely or excessively.

وإن نأت عني لم تزهزق — And if she is distant from me, she does not laugh intensely.
الزَّهْزَاقُnoun
  1. 1.
    rocking motionclassical

    The name for the act of a mother rocking her child.

Parallel reading

الزهزقة أهمله الجوهري، وفى النوادر: شدة الضحك وكذلك الدهدقة
Al-Zahzaqah was neglected by Al-Jauhari, and in Al-Nawadir: it means intense laughter, as does Al-Dahdaqah.
ويقال: هو الإكثار منه
And it is said: it means excessive laughter.
وقيل: هو كالقهقهة
And it is said: it is like Al-Qahqahah (loud laughter).
وأنشد ابن بري: وإن نأت عني لم تزهزق
And Ibn Bri recited: 'And if she is distant from me, she does not laugh intensely.'
قال الليث: والزهزقة: ترقيص الأم الصبي
Al-Laith said: And Al-Zahzaqah means the rocking of a child by its mother.
والزهزاق: اسم ذلك الفعل
And Al-Zahzaq: is the name of that action.
الزهزقة: كلام لا يفهم، مثل الهينمة، عن ابن خالويه
Al-Zahzaqah: unintelligible speech, like Al-Hainamah (muttering), according to Ibn Khalawaih.