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تَبَسَّمَ smiled in Arabic

تَبَسَّمَ is how you say “smiled” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِي أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَتَبَسَّمَ

Then Abu al-Qasim, may God bless him and grant him peace, passed by me and smiled.

فَتَبَسَّمَ so he smiled

The 'fa-' connector advances the narrative to its next beat, 'so he smiled', tying the smile to the passing; the body is the past verb 'smiled' with 'he' inside. The connector marks immediate succession. The verb's pattern, with its doubled and reflexive shape, is the standard verb for smiling.

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