ضَحِكَ

الولد ضحك.

The boy laughed.

Simple past tense verb with a singular masculine subject.

ضحكت البنت.

The girl laughed.

Past tense verb conjugated for feminine singular subject.

ضحكنا كثيراً.

We laughed a lot.

First-person plural past tense conjugation.

هو يضحك.

He is laughing.

Present tense verb for masculine singular subject.

هي تضحك.

She is laughing.

Present tense verb for feminine singular subject.

الناس ضحكوا.

The people laughed.

Third-person plural past tense conjugation.

ضحكت القطة.

The cat laughed.

Feminine singular past tense verb (often used anthropomorphically).

أنا أضحك.

I am laughing.

First-person singular present tense conjugation.

ضحك الطفل على النكتة.

The child laughed at the joke.

Using the preposition 'على' (at) with the verb.

لماذا ضحكتَ؟

Why did you laugh?

Second-person masculine singular past tense question.

ضحكتْ أمي عندما رأتني.

My mother laughed when she saw me.

Feminine singular past tense with a subordinate clause.

هم يضحكون على الفيلم.

They are laughing at the movie.

Third-person plural present tense with preposition 'على'.

ضحكتُ من قلبي.

I laughed from my heart.

Using the preposition 'من' (from) to indicate intensity or source.

هل رأيت كيف ضحكوا؟

Did you see how they laughed?

Question using past tense plural conjugation.

ضحك الجميع عندما سمعوا الخبر.

Everyone laughed when they heard the news.

General subject 'everyone' with plural verb conjugation.

لا يضحك كثيراً.

He doesn't laugh much.

Negation of the present tense verb.

ضحكنا جميعاً على الموقف الطريف.

We all laughed at the amusing situation.

Using 'جميعاً' (all) for emphasis and 'طريف' (amusing).

كان يضحك بصوت عالٍ عندما سمع النكتة.

He was laughing loudly when he heard the joke.

Past continuous implied by context, using 'بصوت عالٍ' (loudly).

ضحكتْ وهي تتذكر أيام الطفولة.

She laughed as she remembered her childhood days.

Feminine past tense with a temporal clause.

لماذا يضحك الناس على الأفلام القديمة؟

Why do people laugh at old movies?

Present tense question about a general habit.

ضحكنا حتى بكت عيوننا.

We laughed until our eyes cried.

Figurative language: laughing so hard that tears are shed.

لم أكن أتوقع أن يضحك هكذا.

I didn't expect him to laugh like this.

Negated past tense with a subjunctive clause.

كانت ضحكته معدية.

His laughter was contagious.

Using the noun form 'ضحكة' (laughter) and describing it as 'contagious'.

ضحكنا بسخرية من تصرفاته.

We laughed sarcastically at his actions.

Using 'بسخرية' (sarcastically) to qualify the laughter.

كانت ضحكاتهم تتعالى في أرجاء المكان.

Their laughter rose up throughout the place.

Using the plural noun 'ضحكات' (laughter) and the verb 'تتعالى' (to rise/ascend).

ضحكنا على أنفسنا لاعترافنا بالخطأ.

We laughed at ourselves for admitting our mistake.

Self-deprecating humor, laughing at one's own flaws.

قال إنه ضحك من شدة المفاجأة.

He said he laughed from the intensity of the surprise.

Reporting speech, using 'من شدة' (from the intensity of).

ضحكتْ ابتسامتها على وجهها.

Her smile laughed on her face.

Figurative language: a smile so wide it appears to be laughing.

لم يضحكْ حتى بعد أن شرحتُ له القصة مرتين.

He didn't laugh even after I explained the story to him twice.

Negation with emphasis on repeated effort.

كانت ضحكته خافتة، بالكاد تُسمع.

His laughter was faint, barely audible.

Describing the quality of laughter ('خافتة' - faint, 'بالكاد تُسمع' - barely audible).

ضحكنا على تلك الأيام الخوالي.

We laughed at those bygone days.

Nostalgic reflection, laughing at past experiences.

كانت ضحكته تعبيراً عن ارتياحه.

His laughter was an expression of his relief.

Laughter as a manifestation of an emotion (relief).

تجلت في صوته ضحكاتٌ خفيةٌ، تحمل معاني أعمق.

Subtle laughter manifested in his voice, carrying deeper meanings.

Using 'تجلت' (manifested) and 'خفية' (subtle) for nuanced description.

ضحكنا على عبثية الموقف، ولكن خلف الضحك كان هناك قلق.

We laughed at the absurdity of the situation, but behind the laughter was anxiety.

Juxtaposing laughter with another emotion (anxiety) to show complexity.

كانت ضحكته أشبه بقهقهةٍ مكبوتةٍ، تنذر بشيء قادم.

His laughter was like a suppressed guffaw, portending something to come.

Using comparative language ('أشبه بـ' - like) and 'مكبوتة' (suppressed).

ضحكنا من أعماق أرواحنا على فداحة الخطأ.

We laughed from the depths of our souls at the gravity of the mistake.

Hyperbole and deep emotional expression ('من أعماق أرواحنا' - from the depths of our souls).

تلك الضحكات المجلجلة لم تكن إلا قناعاً يخفي ألماً.

Those booming laughs were nothing but a mask hiding pain.

Figurative language: laughter as a 'mask' for hidden pain.

ضحكنا على العبثية التي سادت المشهد.

We laughed at the absurdity that prevailed in the scene.

Using 'سادت' (prevailed) to describe the atmosphere.

كانت ضحكته رنةً تبعث على الأمل.

His laughter was a chime that inspired hope.

Metaphorical description of laughter ('رنةً تبعث على الأمل' - a chime that inspires hope).

ضحكنا على التناقضات الصارخة في أقواله.

We laughed at the glaring contradictions in his statements.

Using 'التناقضات الصارخة' (glaring contradictions).

لم تكن ضحكته مجرد تعبير عن الفرح، بل كانت استجابة وجودية للعبث.

His laughter was not just an expression of joy, but an existential response to the absurd.

Philosophical interpretation of laughter, using 'استجابة وجودية' (existential response) and 'العبث' (the absurd).

ضحكنا على التفاهة التي استنزفت طاقاتنا.

We laughed at the triviality that drained our energies.

Using 'التفاهة' (triviality) and 'استنزفت' (drained).

كانت ضحكته، وإن بدت عفوية، تحمل في طياتها ألف حساب.

His laughter, though seemingly spontaneous, carried a thousand calculations within it.

Paradoxical description: apparent spontaneity hiding calculation ('في طياتها ألف حساب' - within it a thousand calculations).

ضحكنا على التاريخ، وعلى أنفسنا، وعلى سخافة الأحداث.

We laughed at history, at ourselves, and at the foolishness of events.

All-encompassing laughter directed at multiple abstract concepts.

تلك الضحكات المتلاحقة لم تكن إلا صدىً للخواء الداخلي.

Those successive laughs were merely an echo of inner emptiness.

Metaphorical interpretation: laughter as an 'echo' of 'inner emptiness' ('خواء داخلي').

ضحكنا على إيماننا الأعمى بالتقدم، بينما كنا نعود للوراء.

We laughed at our blind faith in progress, while we were regressing.

Irony and self-awareness in laughter, highlighting a societal paradox.

كانت ضحكته، رغم شدتها، تحمل نبرةً من الأسى.

His laughter, despite its intensity, carried a tone of sorrow.

Contrasting intensity with underlying emotion ('نبرةً من الأسى' - a tone of sorrow).

ضحكنا على الوهم الذي بنيناه لأنفسنا.

We laughed at the illusion we had built for ourselves.

Laughter stemming from self-deception and its subsequent realization.