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حلا

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of sweetness, encompassing its direct sensory experience and related abstract qualities. It describes things that are sweet in taste, pleasant, and agreeable.

Derived headwords

الحُلْوadjective
  1. 1.
    sweetboth

    The opposite of bitter; having the taste characteristic of sugar or honey.

  2. 2.
    pleasant, agreeableboth

    Figuratively, something that is pleasing or agreeable to the senses or disposition.

حَلَاverb
  1. 1.
    O knot-tier, remember untyingboth

    O knot-tier, remember untying

  2. 2.
    the opposite of bitterboth

    the opposite of bitter

  3. 3.
    it became sweetboth

    it became sweet

  4. 4.
    sweetness if it pleased youboth

    sweetness if it pleased you

  5. 5.
    it was sweet in my mouth (with fatḥa)both

    it was sweet in my mouth (with fatḥa)

حَلَاوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sweetnessboth

    The state or quality of being sweet; the characteristic taste of sugar or honey.

  2. 2.
    pleasantnessboth

    The quality of being pleasant, agreeable, or delightful.

اِحْلَوْلَىverb
  1. 1.
    to become sweetboth

    A verb form indicating the process of becoming sweet or tasting sweetness.

  2. 2.
    to find sweetboth

    To perceive or experience something as sweet or pleasant.

Parallel reading

الحلو: نقيض المر.
Sweet: the opposite of bitter.
يقال: حلا الشئ يحلو حلاوة.
It is said: a thing was sweet, it becomes sweet, with sweetness.
واحلولى مثله.
And 'ahallala' (to become sweet) is similar.
وقد عداه
And it has been made transitive.