Arabic

Verb

أَضْحَكَ • ‎(ʾaḍḥaka) IV, non-past يُضْحِكُ‎ (yuḍḥiku)

1. to make (someone) laugh (مِن ‎(min) about)

Conjugation

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ضحك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Elative from the root ض ح ك ‎(ḍ-ḥ-k), as if elative of مُضْحِك ‎(muḍḥik, “funny, comical, ridiculous”).

Adjective

أَضْحَك • ‎(ʾaḍḥak)

1. funnier, more comical; funniest, most comical
2. more ridiculous; most ridiculous

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ضحك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 3

Verb

أَضْحَكُ • ‎(ʾaḍḥaku) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of ضَحِكَ ‎(ḍaḥika)

Verb

أَضْحَكَ • ‎(ʾaḍḥaka) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of ضَحِكَ ‎(ḍaḥika)

Verb

أَضْحَكْ • ‎(ʾaḍḥak) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of ضَحِكَ ‎(ḍaḥika)

Etymology 4

Verb

أُضَحِّكُ • ‎(ʾuḍaḥḥiku) ‎(form II)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of ضَحَّكَ ‎(ḍaḥḥaka)

Verb

أُضَحِّكَ • ‎(ʾuḍaḥḥika) ‎(form II)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of ضَحَّكَ ‎(ḍaḥḥaka)

Verb

أُضَحِّكْ • ‎(ʾuḍaḥḥik) ‎(form II)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of ضَحَّكَ ‎(ḍaḥḥaka)

Verb

أُضَحَّكُ • ‎(ʾuḍaḥḥaku) ‎(form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of ضَحَّكَ ‎(ḍaḥḥaka)

Verb

أُضَحَّكَ • ‎(ʾuḍaḥḥaka) ‎(form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of ضَحَّكَ ‎(ḍaḥḥaka)

Verb

أُضَحَّكْ • ‎(ʾuḍaḥḥak) ‎(form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of ضَحَّكَ ‎(ḍaḥḥaka)