هزل

Arabic

Root
ه ز ل (h z l)
5 terms

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ha.za.la/

Verb

هَزَلَ • (hazala) I, non-past يَهْزُلُ‎ (yahzulu)

1. (intransitive) to joke, to jest

Conjugation

Conjugation of

هَزَلَ

(form-I sound, verbal noun هَزْل)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						هَزْل hazl
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						هَازِل hāzil
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	هَزَلْتُ hazaltu	هَزَلْتَ hazalta	هَزَلَ hazala		هَزَلْتُمَا hazaltumā	هَزَلَا hazalā		هَزَلْنَا hazalnā	هَزَلْتُمْ hazaltum	هَزَلُوا hazalū
	f		هَزَلْتِ hazalti	هَزَلَتْ hazalat			هَزَلَتَا hazalatā			هَزَلْتُنَّ hazaltunna	هَزَلْنَ hazalna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَهْزُلُ ʔahzulu	تَهْزُلُ tahzulu	يَهْزُلُ yahzulu		تَهْزُلَانِ tahzulāni	يَهْزُلَانِ yahzulāni		نَهْزُلُ nahzulu	تَهْزُلُونَ tahzulūna	يَهْزُلُونَ yahzulūna
	f		تَهْزُلِينَ tahzulīna	تَهْزُلُ tahzulu			تَهْزُلَانِ tahzulāni			تَهْزُلْنَ tahzulna	يَهْزُلْنَ yahzulna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَهْزُلَ ʔahzula	تَهْزُلَ tahzula	يَهْزُلَ yahzula		تَهْزُلَا tahzulā	يَهْزُلَا yahzulā		نَهْزُلَ nahzula	تَهْزُلُوا tahzulū	يَهْزُلُوا yahzulū
	f		تَهْزُلِي tahzulī	تَهْزُلَ tahzula			تَهْزُلَا tahzulā			تَهْزُلْنَ tahzulna	يَهْزُلْنَ yahzulna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَهْزُلْ ʔahzul	تَهْزُلْ tahzul	يَهْزُلْ yahzul		تَهْزُلَا tahzulā	يَهْزُلَا yahzulā		نَهْزُلْ nahzul	تَهْزُلُوا tahzulū	يَهْزُلُوا yahzulū
	f		تَهْزُلِي tahzulī	تَهْزُلْ tahzul			تَهْزُلَا tahzulā			تَهْزُلْنَ tahzulna	يَهْزُلْنَ yahzulna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اُهْزُلْ uhzul			اُهْزُلَا uhzulā				اُهْزُلُوا uhzulū
	f		اُهْزُلِي uhzulī							اُهْزُلْنَ uhzulna

Synonyms

• مَزَحَ (mazaḥa), مَجَنَ (majana)

Antonyms

• جَدَّ (jadda)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /hazl/

Noun

هَزْل • (hazl) m

1. verbal noun of هَزَلَ (hazala, “to joke”) (form I)
2. jokefulness, jocularity

   Synonym: جَدّ (jadd)

   • 12th century, Al-Ghazali, بداية الهداية [ The Beginning of Guidance ]:

     [..] فَٱحْفَظْ مِنْهُ لِسَانَكَ فِي الْجِدِّ وَٱلْهَزْلِ ، وَلَا تُعَوِّدْ نَفْسَكَ الْكَذِبَ هَزْلًا [..]

     [..] faḥfaẓ minhu lisānaka fī l-jiddi wal-hazli , walā tuʕawwid nafsaka l-kaḏiba hazlan [..]

     [..] then keep your tongue from it (lying) in seriousness or jokefulness, and do not accustom yourself to lying jokingly [..]

Declension

Declension of noun هَزْل (hazl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَزْل hazl	الْهَزْل al-hazl	هَزْل hazl
Nominative	هَزْلٌ hazlun	الْهَزْلُ al-hazlu	هَزْلُ hazlu
Accusative	هَزْلًا hazlan	الْهَزْلَ al-hazla	هَزْلَ hazla
Genitive	هَزْلٍ hazlin	الْهَزْلِ al-hazli	هَزْلِ hazli