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حُلْو
sweet /ˈħulw/
nounB1#1748 most common
Also: dessert, candy, pleasant
Example sentences
العَصيرُ حُلْو.
The juice is sweet.
هٰذِهِ الفاكِهةُ حُلْوةٌ جِدّاً.
This fruit is very sweet.
أُحِبُّ الشّايَ الحُلْوَ في الصَّباحِ.
I like sweet tea in the morning.
كانَ طَعْمُ الكَعْكةِ حُلْواً أكثَرَ مِمّا تَوَقَّعْت.
The cake tasted sweeter than I expected.
لا شَيْءَ أحْلى مِن كَلامٍ حُلْوٍ بَعدَ يَوْمٍ طَويلٍ.
Nothing is sweeter than kind words after a long day.
رَغْمَ مَرارةِ التَّجْرِبةِ، احْتَفَظَ بِذِكْرَياتٍ حُلْوةٍ لا تُنْسى.
Despite the bitterness of the experience, he kept sweet memories he could not forget.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حُلْوٌ | حُلْوُونَ |
| Genitive | حُلْوٍ | حُلْوِينَ |
| Accusative | حُلْواً | حُلْوِينَ |
| Vocative | يا حُلْوُ | يا حُلْوُونَ |
Word family
حَلاوةsweetness
حَلوىsweets, candy
حَلَّىto sweeten
أحْلىsweeter, sweetest
تَحْلِيةdessert, sweetening
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ḥ-l-w, which carries the idea of sweetness. The base form ḥulw functions as an adjective and, by extension, names anything sweet to the taste. Related nouns in the same family describe candy, sweetness, and the act of sweetening.
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