ضحك

Root entry · 35 derived lemmas

The root ضحك (ḍaḥika) primarily denotes laughter and smiling. It extends metaphorically to concepts of joy, blooming, and appearance, as well as to specific anatomical terms and natural phenomena.

Derived headwords

ضَحِكَverb

1.
to laughboth
To express amusement or happiness with audible sounds and facial movements.
2.
to smileboth
To express amusement or happiness with a slight turning up of the corners of the mouth.
3.
to bloom, sproutclassical
Used metaphorically for plants producing their vegetation and flowers.
4.
to menstruateclassical
Used for a woman to begin her menstrual period.

ضَحْكnoun

1.
laughterboth
The act or sound of laughing.
2.
smileboth
The appearance of the front teeth during a smile.
3.
honeyclassical
A substance produced by bees, likened to white teeth.
4.
date palm spatheclassical
The spathe of a date palm when it splits open.
5.
lightclassical
Brightness or illumination.
6.
clear pathclassical
A well-trodden or evident road.

ضَحْكَةnoun

1.
a single laughboth
One instance or bout of laughter.
2.
something to laugh atclassical
An object or situation that causes laughter.
3.
a man of much laughter (derogatory)classical
A man who laughs excessively, which is considered a fault.

تَضْحِيكverb

1.
to make laughboth
To cause someone to laugh.

مُتَضَاحِكverb

1.
to laugh togetherboth
To engage in mutual laughter.

ضَاحِكadjective

1.
laughingboth
One who is laughing.
2.
much laughterboth
One who laughs a lot.
3.
white stoneclassical
A white stone that appears in a mountain.

ضَحَّاكadjective

1.
very much laughterboth
One who laughs excessively.
2.
praiseworthy (cloud)classical
Used to describe a cloud that flashes lightning, considered praiseworthy.

ضَحُوكadjective

1.
much laughterboth
One who laughs a lot.
2.
clear, evident pathclassical
A wide and easily discernible road.

ضَحْكَة (بالتسكين)noun

1.
object of laughterclassical
Something or someone that is laughed at.

اِسْتَضْحَكَverb

1.
to make laughboth
To cause someone to laugh.

أَضْحَكَverb

1.
to make laughboth
To cause someone to laugh.
2.
to fill and overflowclassical
Used for a basin or container filled to the point of overflowing.

أُضْحُوكَةnoun

1.
something to laugh atboth
An object or situation that is a source of amusement.

مِضْحَاكadjective

1.
very much laughterboth
Used for a woman who laughs a lot.

ضَاحِكَةnoun

1.
incisor toothboth
A front tooth, specifically one of the four incisors.
2.
tooth that appears when smilingboth
Any tooth that becomes visible during a smile.
3.
a praiseworthy cloudclassical
A cloud that flashes lightning, metaphorically laughing.
4.
blood (derogatory)classical
Used metaphorically for blood, considered a negative omen.

ضَوَاحِكnoun

1.
incisor teethboth
The front teeth that appear when smiling.

ضَحْكَة (للقلوب)noun

1.
best part of somethingclassical
The choicest or most delightful part of possessions or children.

ضَحَّاك (بن عدنان)name

1.
a legendary kingclassical
A figure named Dhahhak, said to have ruled the earth and been imprisoned.

ضَحْك (الزهر)noun

1.
blooming of flowersclassical
Metaphorical term for the blossoming of flowers.

ضَحْك (العسل)noun

1.
honeyclassical
A term for honey, likened to white teeth.

ضَحْك (النخل)noun

1.
date palm spathe openingclassical
The splitting of the date palm spathe.

ضَحْك (النور)noun

1.
lightclassical
Brightness or illumination.

ضَحْك (المحجة)noun

1.
clear pathclassical
An evident and well-trodden road.

ضَحْك (القلوب)noun

1.
joy of the heartclassical
The delight and happiness derived from wealth and children.

ضَحْك (الرأي)noun

1.
clarity of opinionclassical
When an opinion makes complex matters clear and understandable.

ضَحْك (القرد)noun

1.
sound of a monkeyclassical
The vocalization made by a monkey.

ضَحْك (البرقة)noun

1.
a place nameclassical
A location named Dhahik in the lands of Tamim.

ضَحْك (الروضة)noun

1.
a place nameclassical
A meadow named Dhahik in Al-Saman.

ضَحِكَتِ الأَرْضُphrase

1.
the earth bloomedclassical
Metaphorical expression for the earth producing its plants and flowers.

ضَحِكَتِ السَّحَابَةُphrase

1.
the cloud flashed lightningclassical
Metaphorical expression for a cloud emitting lightning, likened to a smile.

ضَحِكَتِ النَّخْلَةُphrase

1.
the date palm produced spathesclassical
The date palm tree has produced its spathes.

أَضْحَكَتِ النَّخْلَةُphrase

1.
the date palm produced spathesclassical
The date palm tree has produced its spathes.

ضَحِكَتِ الْمَرْأَةُphrase

1.
the woman menstruatedclassical
The woman began her menstrual period.

ضَحِكَتْ فَبَشَّرْنَاهَاphrase

1.
she laughed, and We gave her good newsclassical
Referring to Sarah's reaction to the news of Isaac's birth, interpreted as laughter or wonder.

ضَاحِكُ الْمُشْكِلَاتِphrase

1.
clarifies problemsclassical
An opinion or insight that makes difficult issues clear.

ضَحَّاكُ الْمَطَالِعِphrase

1.
wide of the beginningsclassical
Describing a path that is wide and clear from its start.

Parallel reading

ضحك يضحك ضحكا وضحكا وضحكا وضحكا أربع لغات

ḍaḥika, yaḍḥaku, ḍaḥkan wa ḍaḥkan wa ḍaḥkan wa ḍaḥkan: four linguistic variations.

والضحكة: المرة الواحدة

And al-ḍaḥkah: the single instance (of laughter).

إذا تبسم ضاحكا ... غلقت لضحكته رقاب المال

When he smiled, laughing... his laughter caused the necks of wealth to be bound.

جعل انجلاءه عن البرق ضحكا استعارة ومجازا

He made its clearing of lightning a metaphor and simile for laughter.

وكقولهم ضحكت الأرض إذا أخرجت نباتها وزهرتها

And like their saying 'the earth laughed' when it brought forth its plants and flowers.

فهو ضاحك وضحاك وضحوك وضحكة: كثير الضحك

So he is ḍāḥik, ḍaḥḥāk, ḍaḥūk, and ḍaḥikah: one of much laughter.

والضحكة: الشيء الذي يضحك منه

And al-ḍaḥkah: the thing that one laughs at.

والضحكة: الرجل الكثير الضحك يعاب عليه

And al-ḍaḥkah: the man of much laughter, which is criticized.

ورجل ضحاك: نعت على فعال

And a man ḍaḥḥāk: an adjective on the pattern 'faʿāl'.

والضاحكة: كل سن من مقدم الأضراس مما يندر عند الضحك

And al-ḍāḥikah: every tooth from the front molars that appears during laughter.

والضاحكة: السن التي بين الأنياب والأضراس، وهي أربع ضواحك

And al-ḍāḥikah: the tooth between the canines and molars, and they are four ḍawāḥik.

ما أوضحوا بضاحكة أي ما تبسموا

They did not show a ḍāḥikah, meaning they did not smile.

للرجال أربع ثنايا وأربع رباعيات وأربع ضواحك

A man has four incisors, four pre-molars, and four ḍawāḥik.

والضحك: ظهور الثنايا من الفرح

And al-ḍaḥk: the appearance of the incisors from joy.

والضحك: العسل، شبه بالثغر لشدة بياضه

And al-ḍaḥk: honey, likened to the teeth for its intense whiteness.

وقيل: الضحك هنا الشهد، وقيل الزبد، وقيل الثلج

And it was said: al-ḍaḥk here means honey, and it was said foam, and it was said snow.

والضحك أيضا: طلع النخل حين ينشق

And al-ḍaḥk also: the date palm spathe when it splits.

ضحكت المرأة: حاضت

The woman laughed: she menstruated.

فضحكت فبشرناها بإسحاق

She laughed, and We gave her good news of Isaac.

ضحكت عند ذلك امرأته

His wife laughed at that moment.

وأضحكه الله عز وجل

And may Allah, the Almighty, make him laugh.

تضحك الضبع لقتلى هذيل

The hyena laughs at the slain of Hudhayl.

وأضحكت الضباع سيوف سعد

And the hyenas' swords made Sa'd laugh.

والضحوك من الطرق: ما وضح واستبان

And al-ḍaḥūk of paths: that which is clear and evident.

وطريق ضحاك: مستبين

And a road ḍaḥḥāk: clear.

ضحكات القلوب من الأموال والأولاد خيارها التي تضحك القلوب إليها

The ḍaḥikāt of hearts from wealth and children are their best, which hearts laugh towards.

ضحكات كل شيء: خياره

The ḍaḥikāt of everything: its best part.

ورأي ضاحك ظاهر غير ملتبس

And a ḍāḥik opinion, apparent and not ambiguous.

إن رأيك ليضاحك المشكلات أي تظهر عنده المشكلات حتى تعرف

Indeed, your opinion clarifies problems, meaning problems become apparent to it until you know.

والقرد يضحك إذا صوت

And the monkey laughs when it vocalizes.