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حَلُو
to be sweet, to taste sweet /ħaˈluː/
verbB2#3168 most common
Also: to become sweet, to be pleasant or agreeable (to someone)
Example sentences
العَسَلُ يَحْلُو دائِماً.
Honey always tastes sweet.
حَلَا الشايُ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَضَفْتُ السُّكَّرَ.
The tea turned sweet after I added sugar.
يَحْلُو لي أَنْ أَشْرَبَ قَهْوَتي في الصَّباحِ الهادِئِ.
I find it pleasant to drink my coffee in the quiet morning.
حَلَتِ الحَياةُ في القَرْيَةِ بَعْدَ عَودَتِهِ إِلَيْها.
Life in the village turned sweet again after he returned to it.
لا يَحْلُو السَّهَرُ إِلّا بِرِفْقَةِ الأَصْدِقاءِ المُقَرَّبينَ.
Staying up late is only enjoyable in the company of close friends.
حَلا لَهُ المُقامُ في تِلْكَ الدِّيارِ حَتّى نَسِيَ فِكْرَةَ الرَّحيلِ.
Staying in that land became so pleasant to him that he forgot any thought of leaving.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَحْلُو | حَلَوْتُ | سَأَحْلُو |
| 2sg | تَحْلُو | حَلَوْتَ | سَتَحْلُو |
| 3sg | يَحْلُو | حَلا | سَيَحْلُو |
| 1pl | نَحْلُو | حَلَوْنا | سَنَحْلُو |
| 2pl | تَحْلُونَ | حَلَوْتُم | سَتَحْلُونَ |
| 3pl | يَحْلُونَ | حَلَوْا | سَيَحْلُونَ |
Word family
حُلْوsweetحَلْوَىsweets, dessert
حَلاَوَةsweetness
مُحَلّىsweetened
تَحْلِيَةact of sweetening; dessert course
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral Semitic root ح-ل-و, which carries the core sense of sweetness and pleasantness. Classical Arabic uses this root in a stative verb pattern, the same pattern used for verbs describing inherent qualities, such as being noble or being good. From this root Arabic also built the everyday nouns for sweetness and for sweets themselves.
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