أحلى

See also: اخلي‎, أخلي‎, and أخلى‎

Arabic

Etymology

Elative of حُلْو‎ (ḥulw, “sweet, pleasant, pretty”), from the root ح ل و‎ (ḥ-l-w).

Adjective

أَحْلَى • (ʾaḥlā) (feminine حُلْوَى‎ (ḥulwā), masculine plural أَحْلَوْنَ‎ (ʾaḥlawna), feminine plural حُلْوَيَات‎ (ḥulwayāt))

elative degree of حُلْو‎ (ḥulw):
1. sweeter; sweetest
2. more pleasant; most pleasant
3. prettier; prettiest
better; best

Declension

Declension of adjective أَحْلَى (ʾaḥlā)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	singular invariable		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْلَى ʾaḥlā	الْأَحْلَى‎ al-ʾaḥlā	حُلْوَى‎ ḥulwā	الْحُلْوَى‎ al-ḥulwā
Nominative	أَحْلَى ʾaḥlā	الْأَحْلَى‎ al-ʾaḥlā	حُلْوَى‎ ḥulwā	الْحُلْوَى‎ al-ḥulwā
Accusative	أَحْلَى ʾaḥlā	الْأَحْلَى‎ al-ʾaḥlā	حُلْوَى‎ ḥulwā	الْحُلْوَى‎ al-ḥulwā
Genitive	أَحْلَى ʾaḥlā	الْأَحْلَى‎ al-ʾaḥlā	حُلْوَى‎ ḥulwā	الْحُلْوَى‎ al-ḥulwā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْلَيَيْن‎ ʾaḥlayayn	الْأَحْلَيَيْن‎ al-ʾaḥlayayn	حُلْوَيَيْن‎ ḥulwayayn	الْحُلْوَيَيْن‎ al-ḥulwayayn
Nominative	أَحْلَيَانِ‎ ʾaḥlayāni	الْأَحْلَيَانِ‎ al-ʾaḥlayāni	حُلْوَيَانِ‎ ḥulwayāni	الْحُلْوَيَانِ‎ al-ḥulwayāni
Accusative	أَحْلَيَيْنِ‎ ʾaḥlayayni	الْأَحْلَيَيْنِ‎ al-ʾaḥlayayni	حُلْوَيَيْنِ‎ ḥulwayayni	الْحُلْوَيَيْنِ‎ al-ḥulwayayni
Genitive	أَحْلَيَيْنِ‎ ʾaḥlayayni	الْأَحْلَيَيْنِ‎ al-ʾaḥlayayni	حُلْوَيَيْنِ‎ ḥulwayayni	الْحُلْوَيَيْنِ‎ al-ḥulwayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound plural in ـَوْنَ (-awna)‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْلَيْن‎‎; أَحَالِي‎ ʾaḥlayn‎; ʾaḥālī	الْأَحْلَيْن‎‎; الْأَحَالِي‎ al-ʾaḥlayn‎; al-ʾaḥālī	حُلْوَيَات‎ ḥulwayāt	الْحُلْوَيَات‎ al-ḥulwayāt
Nominative	أَحْلَوْنَ‎‎; أَحَالٍ‎ ʾaḥlawna‎; ʾaḥālin	الْأَحْلَوْنَ‎‎; الْأَحَالِي‎ al-ʾaḥlawna‎; al-ʾaḥālī	حُلْوَيَاتٌ‎ ḥulwayātun	الْحُلْوَيَاتُ‎ al-ḥulwayātu
Accusative	أَحْلَيْنَ‎‎; أَحَالِيَ‎ ʾaḥlayna‎; ʾaḥāliya	الْأَحْلَيْنَ‎‎; الْأَحَالِيَ‎ al-ʾaḥlayna‎; al-ʾaḥāliya	حُلْوَيَاتٍ‎ ḥulwayātin	الْحُلْوَيَاتِ‎ al-ḥulwayāti
Genitive	أَحْلَيْنَ‎‎; أَحَالٍ‎ ʾaḥlayna‎; ʾaḥālin	الْأَحْلَيْنَ‎‎; الْأَحَالِي‎ al-ʾaḥlayna‎; al-ʾaḥālī	حُلْوَيَاتٍ‎ ḥulwayātin	الْحُلْوَيَاتِ‎ al-ḥulwayāti

References

Lane, Edward William (1863), “حلو”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أحلى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

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