استهزأ

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Arabic

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Root
ه ز ء (h z ʔ)
5 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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اِسْتَهْزَأَ (istahzaʔa) X (non-past يَسْتَهْزِئُ (yastahziʔu), verbal noun اِسْتِهْزَاء (istihzāʔ))

  1. to mock, to deride, to belittle, to make fun of, to taunt, to ridicule [with بِ (bi) or مِن (min) or عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘something/someone’]
    Synonyms: سَخِرَ (saḵira), هَزِئَ (haziʔa), اِسْتَهَانَ (istahāna)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:10:
      وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
      walaqadi stuhziʔa birusulin min qablika faḥāqa bi-llaḏīna saḵirū minhum mā kānū bihī yastahziʔūna
      ˹Other˺ messengers had already been ridiculed before you ˹O Prophet˺, but those who mocked them were overtaken by what they used to ridicule.

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