جَلَاءُclearing

Example sentences

• أَمْزَحُ فِيهِ مَزْحَ أَهْلِ الْفَضْلِ وَالْمُزْحُ أَحْيَانًا جَلَاءُ الْعَقْلِ

  I joke in it as people of merit do, and jesting sometimes clears the mind.

  جَلَاءُ — clearing. A noun built from a verb (an action-as-noun, 'a clearing / polishing') serving as the comment made about jesting, the predicate of the verbless statement. It heads an ownership pairing with the next word, 'the clearing of the mind'.

  From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →