how sweet

5 occurrences across 3 Arabic/Persian roots

ح- ل- و

(ḥ-l-w) — sweetness; sweetest; sweet

“how sweet” accounts for 2 of 36 occurrences of this root (6%)

Forms seen

أَحْلَى ×1 أَحْلى ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

sweetness 44% sweet 31% how sweet 6% sweetest 3% sweeter 3% how sweet was 3% honeyed 3% exquisite beauty 3% excellent 3% enthralling 3%

Examples

prayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: أَحْلَى: How sweet prayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: أَحْلى: How sweet

ل- ذ- ذ

(l-dh-dh) — sweet; be-sweet; delicious

“how sweet” accounts for 2 of 6 occurrences of this root (33%)

Forms seen

الذّ ×1 أَلَذَّ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

how sweet 33% taste 17% how sweet to my taste 17% how pleasing 17% held no sweetness 17%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: الذّ: How sweet prayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: أَلَذَّ: How sweet

ح- ل- ي

(ḥ-l-y) — sweeter; sweeter, more pleasant

“how sweet” accounts for 1 of 2 occurrences of this root (50%)

Forms seen

أَحْلى ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

sweet 50% how sweet 50%

Examples

prayers-and-meditationsP&M §480: أَحْلى: How sweet

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots:

sweetness (16) sweet (11)