تبسّم
Root: بسم
Form: 5
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تبسّمV
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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.
3 And تبسّم الطَّلْعُ
2 [Hence,] السَّحَابُ عَنِ البَرْقِ or تبسّم عَنْهُ i. q. اِنْكَلَّ عنه [i. e.
3 And تبسّم الطَّلْعُ
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