أحلى

See also: اخلي, أخلي, and أخلى

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح ل و (ḥ-l-w)

Elative of حُلْو (ḥulw, “sweet, pleasant, pretty”).

Adjective

أَحْلَى • (ʔaḥlā) (feminine حُلْوَى (ḥulwā), masculine plural أَحْلَوْنَ (ʔaḥlawna), feminine plural حُلْوَيَات (ḥulwayāt))

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

Declension

Declension of adjective أَحْلَى (ʔaḥlā)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	singular invariable		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْلَى ʔaḥlā	الْأَحْلَى al-ʔaḥlā	حُلْوَى ḥulwā	الْحُلْوَى al-ḥulwā
Nominative	أَحْلَى ʔaḥlā	الْأَحْلَى al-ʔaḥlā	حُلْوَى ḥulwā	الْحُلْوَى al-ḥulwā
Accusative	أَحْلَى ʔaḥlā	الْأَحْلَى al-ʔaḥlā	حُلْوَى ḥulwā	الْحُلْوَى al-ḥulwā
Genitive	أَحْلَى ʔaḥlā	الْأَحْلَى al-ʔaḥlā	حُلْوَى ḥulwā	الْحُلْوَى al-ḥulwā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْلَيَيْن ʔaḥlayayn	الْأَحْلَيَيْن al-ʔaḥlayayn	حُلْوَيَيْن ḥulwayayn	الْحُلْوَيَيْن al-ḥulwayayn
Nominative	أَحْلَيَانِ ʔaḥlayāni	الْأَحْلَيَانِ al-ʔaḥlayāni	حُلْوَيَانِ ḥulwayāni	الْحُلْوَيَانِ al-ḥulwayāni
Accusative	أَحْلَيَيْنِ ʔaḥlayayni	الْأَحْلَيَيْنِ al-ʔaḥlayayni	حُلْوَيَيْنِ ḥulwayayni	الْحُلْوَيَيْنِ al-ḥulwayayni
Genitive	أَحْلَيَيْنِ ʔaḥlayayni	الْأَحْلَيَيْنِ al-ʔaḥlayayni	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 ʔaḥlayn‎; ʔaḥālī	الْأَحْلَيْن‎; الْأَحَالِي al-ʔaḥlayn‎; al-ʔaḥālī	حُلْوَيَات ḥulwayāt	الْحُلْوَيَات al-ḥulwayāt
Nominative	أَحْلَوْنَ‎; أَحَالٍ ʔaḥlawna‎; ʔaḥālin	الْأَحْلَوْنَ‎; الْأَحَالِي al-ʔaḥlawna‎; al-ʔaḥālī	حُلْوَيَاتٌ ḥulwayātun	الْحُلْوَيَاتُ al-ḥulwayātu
Accusative	أَحْلَيْنَ‎; أَحَالِيَ ʔaḥlayna‎; ʔaḥāliya	الْأَحْلَيْنَ‎; الْأَحَالِيَ al-ʔaḥlayna‎; al-ʔaḥāliya	حُلْوَيَاتٍ ḥulwayātin	الْحُلْوَيَاتِ al-ḥulwayāti
Genitive	أَحْلَيْنَ‎; أَحَالٍ ʔaḥlayna‎; ʔaḥālin	الْأَحْلَيْنَ‎; الْأَحَالِي al-ʔaḥlayna‎; al-ʔaḥālī	حُلْوَيَاتٍ ḥulwayātin	الْحُلْوَيَاتِ al-ḥulwayāti

Descendants

• → Hebrew: אחלה

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حلو”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أحلى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَحْلَى (ʔaḥlā), elative degree of حِلْو (ḥilw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaħ.la/, [ˈʔaħ.la]

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Adjective

أحلى • (ʔaḥla)

1. elative degree of حلو (ḥilu)
   1. sweeter, sweetest
   2. nicer, nicest, more/most beautiful

Descendants

• → Hebrew: אחלה (ákhla)