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مُضَاحَكَةٌ

Root: ضحك

Form: 3

Full Definition

مُضَاحَكَةٌIII [Verbal.Noun of ضاحكهُ] signifies [The contending, or vying, in laughing, with another; or the laughing with another; or] the laughing together.
2 [Hence,] one says, النَّوْرُ يُضَاحِكُ الشَّمْسَ [The flowers vie in brightness with the sun].
3 And إِنَّ رَأْيَكَ لَيُضَاحِكُ المُشْكِلَاتِ [Verily thy judgment makes sport with ambiguities]; said to him to whom confused and dubious things are apparent and known.
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