مَزَحَ, aor. ـَ {يَمْزَحُ}, inf. n. مَزْحٌ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and quasi-inf. n. مُزَاحٌ and مُزاحَةٌ, (Ḳ,) [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; (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ;) 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.)

مازحهُ, inf. n. مِزَاحٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) and مُمَازَحَةٌ, (Ḳ,) He jested, or joked, with him. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

تَمَازَحَا They two jested, or joked, one with the other. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

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

مُزَاحٌ and مُزَاحَةٌ, substs., A jesting, or joking. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) [See 1.]

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