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حلو

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of sweetness, encompassing its taste, pleasantness, and agreeable nature. It contrasts with bitterness and can describe both literal tastes and abstract qualities.

Derived headwords

الحُلْوadjective
  1. 1.
    sweetboth

    The opposite of bitter in taste. It describes something pleasant to the palate.

الحَلاوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sweetnessboth

    The quality or state of being sweet, the opposite of bitterness.

حَلَاverb
  1. 1.
    to be sweetboth

    To possess the quality of sweetness, to be pleasant in taste.

Parallel reading

الحلو بالضم: ضد المر
Sweet (with dammah): the opposite of bitter.
الحلاوة: ضد المرارة
Sweetness: the opposite of bitterness.