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ضَحِك
to laugh /ˈdˤa.ħi.ka/
verbA2#947 most common
Also: to laugh at (someone), to mock, to chuckle
Example sentences
ضَحِكَ الوَلَدُ.
The boy laughed.
ضَحِكْنا كَثيراً أمسِ.
We laughed a lot yesterday.
لِماذا تَضحَكُ؟ القِصّةُ ليست مُضحِكةً.
Why are you laughing? The story isn't funny.
عِندَما سَمِعَ النُّكتةَ ضَحِكَ حتّى بَكى.
When he heard the joke, he laughed until he cried.
كُلَّما تَذَكَّرَ الموقِفَ المُحرِجَ ضَحِكَ في سِرِّهِ.
Whenever he remembered the embarrassing moment, he laughed to himself.
ضَحِكَ السِّياسيُّ ساخِراً مِن وُعودِ خُصومِهِ الجَوفاءِ.
The politician laughed, mocking his rivals' hollow promises.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَضحَكُ (aḍḥaku) | ضَحِكتُ (ḍaḥiktu) | سَأَضحَكُ (sa-aḍḥaku) |
| 2sg | تَضحَكُ (taḍḥaku) | ضَحِكتَ (ḍaḥikta) | سَتَضحَكُ (sa-taḍḥaku) |
| 3sg | يَضحَكُ (yaḍḥaku) | ضَحِكَ (ḍaḥika) | سَيَضحَكُ (sa-yaḍḥaku) |
| 1pl | نَضحَكُ (naḍḥaku) | ضَحِكنا (ḍaḥiknā) | سَنَضحَكُ (sa-naḍḥaku) |
| 2pl | تَضحَكونَ (taḍḥakūna) | ضَحِكتُم (ḍaḥiktum) | سَتَضحَكونَ (sa-taḍḥakūna) |
| 3pl | يَضحَكونَ (yaḍḥakūna) | ضَحِكوا (ḍaḥikū) | سَيَضحَكونَ (sa-yaḍḥakūna) |
Word family
ضَحِك (ḍaḥik)laughter
ضِحكة (ḍiḥka)a laugh, a chuckle
مُضحِك (muḍḥik)funny
أَضحَكَ (aḍḥaka)to make someone laugh
ضَحّاك (ḍaḥḥāk)one who laughs often, jovial
Etymology
ضَحِك comes from the Semitic root ḍ-ḥ-k, meaning to laugh. The same root runs across the Semitic family with regular sound shifts. In Hebrew it surfaces as ṣ-ḥ-q, the root behind the name Isaac, Yiṣḥāq, which means he laughs.
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