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ضَحَكَ make laugh in Arabic

ضَحَكَ is how you say “make laugh” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَيْلًا لِلَّذِي يُحَدِّثُ النَّاسَ فَيَكْذِبُ لِيَضْحَكَ النَّاسُ

Woe to the one who tells people things and lies to make them laugh.

لِيَضْحَكَ in order that he make laugh

A front li- of purpose, 'in order that', fused onto a verb that has shifted into its subjunctive shape because that purpose-li triggers it. So the clipped ending is no accident: the li- is its trigger, marking the laughing as the aim worked toward, not something already done.

From Permissible Laughter and Conduct

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