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ضَاحِكٌ

Root: ضحك

Full Definition

ضَاحِكٌ Laughing; [&c.;] act. part. n. of ضَحِكَ.
2 Also applied to clouds (سَحَاب), meaning Appearing, or extending sideways, in the horizon, and lightening.
3 [And to the tooth (السِّنّ, used as a gen. n.): thus in the phrase ضَاحِكَ السِّنِّ, meaning Laughingly, so as to display the teeth.]
4 See also ضَاحِكَةٌ.
5 Also, [or perhaps حَجَرٌ ضَاحِكٌ,] Very white stone appearing in a mountain of any colour, as though laughing.
6 One says also رَأْىٌ ضَاحِكٌ, meaning Judgment that is plain, or perspicuous, not confused or dubious.
7 And, [using ضاحك as a gen. n.,] مَا أَكْثَرَ ضَاحِكَ نَخْلِكُمْ [How numerous are the bursting spathes of your palm-trees!].
8 [And an instance of ضَاحِكٌ applied to a woman, without ة, meaning Menstruating, is cited by Bd, in xi. 74.]
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