ضحك

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of laughing, its intensity, and related expressions. It extends to describe things that cause laughter, physical manifestations of laughter, and metaphorically, phenomena like lightning or the blooming of a palm tree. It also includes specific geographical names and a term for a type of stone.

Derived headwords

ضَحِكَverb

1.
to laughboth
The primary meaning is to express amusement or happiness through vocal sounds and facial expressions.
2.
to menstruateclassical
Used specifically for a female rabbit, meaning to begin its estrous cycle.
3.
to be amazedclassical
To be astonished or surprised.
4.
to be frightenedclassical
To experience fear or shock.
5.
to flash (lightning)classical
Used to describe the lightning from clouds.
6.
to make a sound (monkey)classical
To emit a specific sound, like a monkey.

ضَحْكًاnoun

1.
laughterboth
The act or sound of laughing.

ضِحْكَةnoun

1.
a laughboth
A single instance or bout of laughter.
2.
one who is laughed atclassical
Someone or something that is the object of ridicule or amusement.
3.
most despicableclassical
An intensified form of blame or condemnation.

ضَحَّاكadjective

1.
very funnyboth
Someone or something that causes much laughter.
2.
blameworthyclassical
Deserving of criticism or censure.
3.
middle of the roadclassical
The central or widest part of a path or road.

ضَحُوكadjective

1.
very cheerfulboth
Someone who laughs a lot or is habitually cheerful.

ضَاحِكadjective

1.
laughingboth
The active participle, describing someone who is currently laughing.
2.
very white stoneclassical
A stone that is intensely white, often found in mountains.
3.
clear pathclassical
A path that is clearly visible or well-trodden.

مِضْحَاكadjective

1.
very funnyboth
Intensely amusing or causing much laughter.

مُضْحِكadjective

1.
funnyboth
Causing laughter or amusement.

تَضَاحَكَverb

1.
to laugh togetherboth
To engage in mutual laughter with others.

أَضْحَكَverb

1.
to make laughboth
To cause someone else to laugh.

الضَّاحِكَةnoun

1.
tooth visible when laughingboth
A tooth that becomes visible during laughter, specifically referring to the incisors.
2.
incisorsclassical
The four front teeth located between the canines and molars.

الأُضْحُوكَةnoun

1.
object of laughterboth
Something or someone that is laughed at or is a source of amusement.

الضَّحْكnoun

1.
snowclassical
Frozen precipitation, commonly known as snow.
2.
foamclassical
The frothy substance that forms on liquids.
3.
honeyclassical
The sweet, viscous substance produced by bees.
4.
astonishmentclassical
A state of great surprise or wonder.
5.
white teethclassical
A bright white smile or set of teeth.
6.
lightclassical
Illumination or radiance.
7.
middle of the roadclassical
The central part of a path or way.
8.
palm spatheclassical
The protective sheath that covers a palm tree's flower cluster before it opens.
9.
collection of ضحوكclassical
A plural form referring to those who laugh a lot.

ضَاحِكname

1.
a type of stoneclassical
A very white stone found in mountains.
2.
a clear pathclassical
A well-defined or prominent path.
3.
a legendary manclassical
A man named Dāḥik, whose mother was a jinn, and who joined the jinn.
4.
a water sourceclassical
A specific water source belonging to the Banu Sabi' tribe.

ضَوَيْحِكname

1.
a mountain nameclassical
A name for two mountains located below al-Fersh.

ضَاحِكname

1.
a plain nameclassical
A plain named Dāḥik, located in the territory of Tamim.

ضَاحِكname

1.
a meadow nameclassical
A meadow named Dāḥik, located in al-Summan.

Parallel reading

كَعَلَمٍ، وَنَاسٌ يَقُولُونَ: ضَحِكَتْ، بِكَسْرِ الضَّادِ، ضَحْكًا، بِالْفَتْحِ وَبِالْكَسْرِ، وَبِكَسْرَتَيْنِ، وَكَكُتُفٍ، وَتَضْحَكُ وَتَضَاحَكُ

As a proper noun, and some say: ḍaḥikat, with kasra on the ḍād, ḍaḥkan, with fatḥa and with kasra, and with two kasras, and like kutuf, and taḍḥaku and taḍāḥaku.

فَهُوَ ضَاحِكٌ وَضَحَّاكٌ وَضَحُوكٌ وَمِضْحَاكٌ

So he is ḍāḥik, wa ḍaḥḥāk, wa ḍaḥūk, and miḍḥāk.

وَضِحْكَةٌ، بِالضَّمِّ: يُضْحَكُ مِنْهُ.

And ḍiḥkah, with damma: one is laughed at.

وَالضَّحَّاكُ، كَشَدَّادٍ وَهُمَزَةٍ: ذَمٌّ.

And al-ḍaḥḥāk, like shaddād and humazah: is blame.

وَالضِّحْكَةُ: أَذَمُّ.

And al-ḍiḥkah: is most blameworthy.

وَأَضْحَكْتُهُ، وَهُمْ يَتَضَاحَكُونَ.

And I made him laugh, and they were laughing together.

وَالضَّاحِكَةُ: كُلُّ سِنٍّ تَبْدُو عِنْدَ الضَّحِكِ، أَوْ الْأَرْبَعُ الَّتِي بَيْنَ الْأَنْيَابِ وَالْأَضْرَاسِ.

And al-ḍāḥikah: every tooth that appears during laughter, or the four between the canines and molars.

وَالْأُضْحُوكَةُ: مَا يُضْحَكُ مِنْهُ.

And al-uḍḥūkah: that which is laughed at.

وَضَحِكَتِ الْأَرْنَبُ، كَفَرِحَ: حَاضَتْ، قِيلَ: وَمِنْهُ: {فَضَحِكَتْ فَبَشَّرْنَاهَا}

And the rabbit laughed, like fariḥa: it menstruated, it is said: and from this: {So she laughed, and We gave her good tidings}.

وَالرَّجُلُ: عَجِبَ، أَوْ فَزِعَ

And the man: was amazed, or frightened.

وَالسَّحَابُ: بَرَقَ

And the clouds: flashed lightning.

وَالْقِرْدُ: صَوْتٌ.

And the monkey: made a sound.

وَالضَّحْكُ، بِالْفَتْحِ: الثَّلْجُ، وَالزَّبَدُ، وَالْعَسَلُ، أَوْ الشَّهْدُ، وَالْعَجَبُ، وَالثَّغْرُ الْأَبْيَضُ، وَالنُّورُ، وَوَسَطُ الطَّرِيقِ، كَالضَّحَّاكِ، وَطَلْعُ النَّخْلَةِ إِذَا انْشَقَّ عَنْهُ كِمَامُهُ

And al-ḍaḥk, with fatḥa: is snow, and foam, and honey, or nectar, and astonishment, and white teeth, and light, and the middle of the road, like al-ḍaḥḥāk, and the palm spathe when its sheath splits.

وَبِالضَّمِّ: جَمْعُ ضَحُوكٍ.

And with damma: is the plural of ḍaḥūk.

وَالضَّاحِكُ: حَجَرٌ شَدِيدُ الْبَيَاضِ يَبْدُو فِي الْجَبَلِ، وَكَشَدَّادٍ: الْمُسْتَبِينُ مِنَ الطُّرُقِ، كَالضَّحُوكِ، وَرَجُلٌ مَلَكَ الْأَرْضَ، وَكَانَتْ أُمُّهُ جِنِّيَّةً، فَلَحِقَ بِالْجِنِّ

And al-ḍāḥik: is a stone of intense whiteness appearing in the mountain, and like shaddād: the clear one of the paths, like al-ḍaḥūk, and a man who ruled the land, and his mother was a jinn, so he joined the jinn.

وَبِهَاءً: مَاءٌ لِبَنِي سُبَيْعٍ.

And bihāʾan: is water of Banu Sabi'.

وَضُوَيْحِكٌ وَضَاحِكٌ: جَبَلَانِ أَسْفَلَ الْفَرْشِ.

And Ḍuwayḥik and Ḍāḥik: are two mountains below al-Fersh.

وَبُرْقَةُ ضَاحِكٍ: بِدِيَارِ تَمِيمٍ.

And Burqat Ḍāḥik: is in the lands of Tamim.

وَرَوْضَةُ ضَاحِكٍ: بِالصُّمَّانِ.

And Rawḍat Ḍāḥik: is in al-Summan.