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هَزْلٌ

Root: هزل

Form: 1

Full Definition

هَزْلٌI is contr. of جِدٌّ. You say, هَزَلَ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun هَزْلٌ; and هَزِلَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun as above; and هَازَلَ ; He jested, or joked; or was not serious, or in earnest; فِى كَلاَمِهِ in his speech; and فِى الأَمْرِ in the affair.
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