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ضحك

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

[ مَضْحَكٌ ذ lit. A place of laughing: the front teeth; because they appear in laughing; like مَبْسِمٌ: pl. مَضَاحِكُ.] One says, بَدَتْ مَضَاحِكُهُ and ↓ ضُحْكَتُهُ and [in like manner] مَبَاسِمُهُ (assumed tropical:) [ His front teeth appeared, by his laughing]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

مَضْحَكٌ
  1. 1.
بَدَتْ مَضَاحِكُهُ