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ب-س-م

The Arabic root ب-س-م (b-s-m)

Form I verb بَسَمَ: to smile

8 words in the dictionary are built from ب-س-م, including verbs in Forms I, V, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

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Verb · Form VIII
to smile
Verb · Form I
بَسَمَ
to smile
Noun
اِبْتِسَامَة
smile
Noun
اِبْتِسَام
smiling

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

بَسَمَ · present يَبْسِمُ
Form I · The plain action

to smile

بَسْم
Verbal noun
بَاسِم
Active participle
بَسَّام
Derived noun
who smiles often
تَبَسَّمَ · present يَتَبَسَّمُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to smile

تَبَسُّم
Verbal noun
مُتَبَسِّم
Active participle
smiling
مُتَبَسَّم
Passive participle
اِبْتَسَمَ · present يَبْتَسِمُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to smile, to give somebody a friendly smile

اِبْتِسَام
Verbal noun
smiling
مُبْتَسِم
Active participle
مُبْتَسَم
Passive participle
اِبْتِسَامَة
Derived noun
smile

Other nouns and adjectives

بَسْمَة
Noun
smile

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