Food & drinkRoot 9 of 12 in this field
ح-ل-و
sweetness
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Words from this root
6 words in 6 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فُعْل حُلْوٌ
sweet; nice, pretty
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- Feminine
- حُلْوَةٌ
فَعْلَى حَلْوَى
sweets, dessert
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- Plural
- حَلَاوَى
فَعْلِيّ حَلَوِيَّاتٌ
sweets, pastries (the shop sign)
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فَعَالَة حَلَاوَةٌ
sweetness; a confection
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أَفْعَل أَحْلَى
sweeter, sweetest; nicer
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فَعَّلَ حَلَّى
to sweeten
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- Present
- يُحَلِّي
How the patterns shape this root
حُلْو is sweet — of tea, and of a pretty face or a nice idea. حَلْوَى is a sweet or a dessert and حَلَوِيَّات, 'sweet things', is the sign on a pastry shop; حَلَاوَة (فَعَالَة) is sweetness itself and also a confection. أَحْلَى (أَفْعَل of a weak root, ending in ـَى) is sweeter or nicer, and form II حَلَّى is to sweeten. The weak و of the root shows as a long ā or disappears, so watch the endings.
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