حلو

See also: خلو and جلو

Arabic

Root
ح ل و (ḥ-l-w)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

حُلْو • (ḥulw) (feminine حُلْوَة (ḥulwa), masculine plural حُلْوُونَ (ḥulwūna), feminine plural حُلْوَات (ḥulwāt), elative أَحْلَى (ʔaḥlā))

1. sweet
2. nice, charming, pretty, pleasant

Declension

Declension of adjective حُلْو (ḥulw)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حُلْو ḥulw	الْحُلْو al-ḥulw	حُلْوَة ḥulwa	الْحُلْوَة al-ḥulwa
Nominative	حُلْوٌ ḥulwun	الْحُلْوُ al-ḥulwu	حُلْوَةٌ ḥulwatun	الْحُلْوَةُ al-ḥulwatu
Accusative	حُلْوًا ḥulwan	الْحُلْوَ al-ḥulwa	حُلْوَةً ḥulwatan	الْحُلْوَةَ al-ḥulwata
Genitive	حُلْوٍ ḥulwin	الْحُلْوِ al-ḥulwi	حُلْوَةٍ ḥulwatin	الْحُلْوَةِ al-ḥulwati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حُلْوَيْن ḥulwayn	الْحُلْوَيْن al-ḥulwayn	حُلْوَتَيْن ḥulwatayn	الْحُلْوَتَيْن al-ḥulwatayn
Nominative	حُلْوَانِ ḥulwāni	الْحُلْوَانِ al-ḥulwāni	حُلْوَتَانِ ḥulwatāni	الْحُلْوَتَانِ al-ḥulwatāni
Accusative	حُلْوَيْنِ ḥulwayni	الْحُلْوَيْنِ al-ḥulwayni	حُلْوَتَيْنِ ḥulwatayni	الْحُلْوَتَيْنِ al-ḥulwatayni
Genitive	حُلْوَيْنِ ḥulwayni	الْحُلْوَيْنِ al-ḥulwayni	حُلْوَتَيْنِ ḥulwatayni	الْحُلْوَتَيْنِ al-ḥulwatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حُلْوِين ḥulwīn	الْحُلْوِين al-ḥulwīn	حُلْوَات ḥulwāt	الْحُلْوَات al-ḥulwāt
Nominative	حُلْوُونَ ḥulwūna	الْحُلْوُونَ al-ḥulwūna	حُلْوَاتٌ ḥulwātun	الْحُلْوَاتُ al-ḥulwātu
Accusative	حُلْوِينَ ḥulwīna	الْحُلْوِينَ al-ḥulwīna	حُلْوَاتٍ ḥulwātin	الْحُلْوَاتِ al-ḥulwāti
Genitive	حُلْوِينَ ḥulwīna	الْحُلْوِينَ al-ḥulwīna	حُلْوَاتٍ ḥulwātin	الْحُلْوَاتِ al-ḥulwāti

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: حلو (ḥilu)
• Moroccan Arabic: حلو (ḥluww)
• North Levantine Arabic: حلو (ḥilw)
• South Levantine Arabic: حلو (ḥilu)

Proper noun

حِلُو • (ḥilū) ?

1. a surname

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حُلْو (ḥulw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħilw/

Adjective

حلو • (ḥilw) (feminine حلوة (ḥilwa), elative أحلى (aḥla))

1. sweet (to taste)
2. nice, good
3. pretty, nice, handsome, good-looking

References

• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “حلو”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 223
• Spiro, Socrates (1895) “حلي”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office, page 150

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح ل و
2 terms

From Arabic حُلْوْ (ḥulw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈħɪ.lʊ/
• Rhymes: -ʊ

Adjective

حِلو • (ḥilu) (feminine حِلْوة (ḥilwa), common plural حِلْوين (ḥilwīn))

1. tasty, delicious
2. sweet, sweetened (contains sugar or other sweetener)

   Synonym: حالي (ḥāli)

3. sweet, nice, pleasant

   الجو حلو ― il-jaw/ij-jaw ḥilu ― the weather is pleasant

4. good-looking, beautiful, handsome

Noun

حِلو • (ḥilu) m

1. (uncountable) desserts, sweets

Related terms

• حلوى (ḥalwa, “traditional dessert”)
• حلاو (ḥalāw, “candy”)
• حلويات (ḥalawīyāt, “sweets, sugary foods and snacks”)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ح ل و
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حُلْو (ḥulw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħluww/

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Adjective

حلو • (ḥluww) (feminine حلوة (ḥluwwa), masculine plural حلوين (ḥluwwīn), feminine plural حلوات (ḥluwwāt), elative أحلى (ʔaḥla) or حلى (ḥla))

1. sweet

North Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈħɪ.lʊ/

Adjective

حلو • (ˈħɪ.lʊ) (feminine حلوة (ˈħɪ.lwe:), common plural حلوين (ˈħɪ.lwi:n), elative أحلى (ʾaˈħ.la))

1. sweet
2. nice, pleasant
3. beautiful, pretty, handsome

   Synonym: جميل (jamīl)

   Antonym: بشع (bišʕ)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ل و
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حُلْو (ḥulw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħi.lu/, [ˈħɪ.lʊ]

• Audio (Jerusalem)

  (file)

Adjective

حلو • (ḥilu) (feminine حلوة (ḥilwe), common plural حلوين (ḥilwīn), elative أحلى (ʔaḥla))

1. sweet
2. nice, beautiful

   Synonym: جميل (jamīl)

   Antonym: بشع (bišʕ)