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مَضْحَكٌ

Root: ضحك

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مَضْحَكٌ[ lit. A place of laughing: the front teeth; because they appear in laughing; like مَبْسِمٌ: pl. مَضَاحِكُ.] One says, بَدَتْ مَضَاحِكُهُ and and [in like manner] مَبَاسِمُهُ [His front teeth appeared, by his laughing].
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