See also: أستهزأ

Arabic edit

Root
ه ز ء (h-z-ʔ)

Verb edit

اِسْتَهْزَأَ (istahzaʔa) X, non-past يَسْتَهْزِئُ‎ (yastahziʔu)

  1. to mock, to deride, to belittle, to make fun of, to taunt, to ridicule [+ بِ (object) = something or someone]
    Synonym: سَخِرَ (saḵira)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:10:
      وَلَقَدِ ٱسۡتُهۡزِئَ بِرُسُلࣲ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِینَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنۡهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ یَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ
      wa-laqadi stuhziʔa bi-rusulin min qablika fa-ḥāqa bi-llaḏīna saḵirū minhum mā kānū bi-hī yastahziʔūna
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Conjugation edit