م • ز • ح

, aor. مَزَحَ , inf. n. مَزْحٌ, (S, K,) and quasiinf. n. مُزَاحٌ and مُزاحَةٌ, (K,) [the latter like its syn. دُعَابَةٌ,] but Fei says that this last is مَزَاحَةٌ, (TA,) [and he mentions it as an inf. n.,] He jested or joked; (S, Msb, K;) contr. of جَدَّ [which signifies “ he was serious, or in earnest ” ”]: (M:) or he talked or behaved in a free and easy manner, with the view of blandishing and conciliating, without annoying; so that it excludes the meaning of mocking or ridiculing or deriding. (MF.)

, inf. n. مِزَاحٌ (S, K) and مُمَازَحَةٌ, (K,) He jested, or joked, with him. (S, K.)

They two jested, or joked, one with the other. (S, K.)

A jest, or joke; a single act of jesting, or joking. (Msb.)

and مُزَاحَةٌ, substs., A jesting, or joking. (S, K.) [See 1.]

A man who is a great jester, or joker. (A.)