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تبسّم

Root: بسم

Form: 5

Full Definition

تبسّمV ; and ; and بَسَمَ , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun بَسْمٌ and مَبْسَمٌ; [He smiled;] these verbs signify less than ضَحِكَ [so that they are properly explained by the Latin subrisit]: or he opened his lips like him who displays to another his teeth: or he laughed in the least degree and in the most beautiful manner: or he laughed a little without any sound: or تَبَسُّمٌ is the beginning of ضَحِكٌ [or laughter]: (Towsheeh, and Neseem er-Riyád, in TA art. ضحك, q. v.:) accord. to Zj, it is the utmost degree of laughing of the prophets.
2 [Hence,] السَّحَابُ عَنِ البَرْقِ or تبسّم عَنْهُ i. q. اِنْكَلَّ عنه [i. e. The clouds displayed a faint flashing of lightning].
3 And تبسّم الطَّلْعُ The extremities of the طلع [i. e. the spadix, or the spathe, of the palm-tree,] burst asunder.


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