تبسّم

; and ↓ ابتسم; and ↓ بَسَمَ, aorist بَسِمَ verbal noun بَسْمٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and مَبْسَمٌ; (K, * TA;) [He smiled;] these verbs signify less than ضَحِكَ [so that they are properly explained by the Latin subrisit]: (S, Msb:) or he opened his lips like him who displays to another his teeth: (Lth, TA:) or he laughed in the least degree and in the most beautiful manner: (M, K:) or he laughed a little without any sound: (Msb:) or تَبَسُّمٌ is the beginning of ضَحِكٌ [or laughter]: (Towsheeh, and Neseem er-Riyád, in TA article ضحك, q. v.:) according to Zj, it is the utmost degree of laughing of the prophets. (M.)

[Hence,] السَّحَابُ ↓ ابتسم عَنِ البَرْقِ (M,) or تبسّم عَنْهُ (TA,) i. q. اِنْكَلَّ عنه [i. e. (tropical:) The clouds displayed a faint flashing of lightning]. (M, TA.)

And تبسّم الطَّلْعُ (tropical:) The extremities of the طلع [i. e. the spadix, or the spathe, of the palm-tree,] burst asunder. (TA.)