Learn Arabic › A1 › مُضْحِك
مُضْحِك
funny /ˈmudˤ.ħik/
adjectiveA1#573 most common
Also: amusing, comical, ridiculous
Example sentences
هٰذا الفيلم مُضْحِك.
This film is funny.
صَديقي شابٌّ مُضْحِك.
My friend is a funny young man.
شاهَدْنا أمسِ برنامجاً مُضْحِكاً جِدّاً.
Yesterday we watched a very funny program.
كان المَوقِف مُضْحِكاً ومُحْرِجاً في الوَقتِ نفسِه.
The situation was funny and embarrassing at the same time.
رَغمَ جِدِّيّةِ الخِطاب، تَخَلَّلَتْهُ تعليقاتٌ مُضْحِكةٌ خَفَّفَتْ من توتُّرِ القاعة.
Despite the seriousness of the speech, funny remarks ran through it that eased the tension in the hall.
ما بدا في البدايةِ مُضْحِكاً تَحَوَّلَ تدريجياً إلى سُخْريةٍ لاذِعةٍ من الطبقةِ الحاكمة.
What seemed funny at first gradually turned into biting mockery of the ruling class.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُضْحِكٌ | مُضْحِكونَ |
| Genitive | مُضْحِكٍ | مُضْحِكينَ |
| Accusative | مُضْحِكاً | مُضْحِكينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُضْحِكُ | يا مُضْحِكونَ |
Word family
ضَحِكَ (ḍaḥika)to laugh
ضَحِك (ḍaḥik)laughter
أَضْحَكَ (ʾaḍḥaka)to make laugh
مَضْحَك (maḍḥak)comedy, source of laughter
أُضْحوكة (ʾuḍḥūka)laughingstock
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ض-ح-ك (ḍ-ḥ-k), meaning to laugh. It is the active participle of the causative Form IV verb أَضْحَكَ, to make laugh, so it describes a thing that produces laughter. The base verb ضَحِكَ means to laugh.
Learn Arabic the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free