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لَذِيذ
delicious /laˈðiːð/
adjectiveA1#132 most common
Also: tasty, delightful, pleasant
Example sentences
الطَّعامُ لَذيذٌ.
The food is delicious.
هٰذا العَصيرُ لَذيذٌ جِدًّا.
This juice is very delicious.
أَعَدَّتْ أُمّي وَجبةً لَذيذةً اليَومَ.
My mother made a delicious meal today.
رَغمَ بَساطةِ المُكَوِّناتِ، خَرَجَ الطَّبَقُ لَذيذًا على نَحوٍ مُدهِشٍ.
Despite the simple ingredients, the dish came out surprisingly delicious.
تَفوحُ مِنَ المَطبخِ رائِحةٌ لَذيذةٌ تُذَكِّرُني بِطَعامِ جَدّتي.
A delicious smell drifts from the kitchen and reminds me of my grandmother's cooking.
تَتَميَّزُ مَطاعِمُ تِلكَ المَدينةِ بِأَطباقِها اللَّذيذةِ الَّتي تَجمَعُ بَينَ النَّكَهاتِ الشَّرقيّةِ والغَربيّةِ.
The restaurants of that city stand out for their delicious dishes, which combine Eastern and Western flavors.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لَذيذٌ | لِذاذٌ |
| Genitive | لَذيذٍ | لِذاذٍ |
| Accusative | لَذيذًا | لِذاذًا |
| Vocative | يا لَذيذُ | يا لِذاذُ |
Word family
لَذَّةpleasure, delight
لَذَّto be pleasant, to taste good
تَلَذَّذَto take pleasure in, to relish
اِلْتَذَّto enjoy, to find pleasing
أَلَذّmore or most delicious
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root l-dh-dh, which carries the sense of pleasure and tastiness. It follows the faʿīl pattern, a template that forms intensive descriptive adjectives. The related noun لَذَّة means pleasure or delight.
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