ضَحَكَmake laugh

Example sentences

• 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 →