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أَحْلَوَ

Root: حلو

Form: 4

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أَحْلَوَIV see 2.
2 Hence, مَا أَمَرَّ وَمَاأَحُلَى He said not anything: or the meaning is similar to that of the phrase next following. مَا يُمِرُّ وَمَا يُحْلِى He says not a bitter thing nor a sweet thing: and he does not a bitter thing nor a sweet thing. [See a similar phrase near the middle of the first paragraph.]
3 See also another signification in the first paragraph.
4 مَا أَحْلَاهُ [How sweet, &c., is it!] is said by some to be an instance of a verb having a dim. form; so that you say, مَا [How very sweet, &c., is it!]; like مَا أُمَيْلِحَهُ [q. v.]. (TA in art. ملح.)
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