لَذَّةٌ
Root: لذ
Full Definition
لَذَّةٌ
Pleasure; delight; contr. of
أَلَمٌ; so explained because it happens not save to one who is of sound constitution, free from pains; syn. with
شَهْوَةٌ [in one of the senses of this latter word], or nearly so: pleasantness; delightfulness; deliciousness; lusciousness, sweetness: (the Lexicons passim: see the intrans. v. لَذَّ, of which it is an Verbal.Noun) pl. لَذَّاتٌ.
2 لَذْوَى , of the measure فَعْلَى, also signifies the same as لَذَّةٌ, and is formed by the change of one of the two dháls into و; [in the L ى;] a change similar to that in تَقَضَّى. It occurs in a trad. of 'Áïsheh, relating to the present world, قَدْ مَضَى لَذْوَاهَا وَبَقِىَ بَلْوَاهَا [Its pleasure, or delight, or pleasantness, or delightfulness, hath passed away, and its probation remaineth].
3 Also لَذَّةٌ and لَذَاذَةٌ and لَذِيذٌ and لَذْوَى The eating and drinking in a state of ease, comfort, or pleasure, and competence.
4 See لَذِيذٌ.
2 لَذْوَى , of the measure فَعْلَى, also signifies the same as لَذَّةٌ, and is formed by the change of one of the two dháls into و; [in the L ى;] a change similar to that in تَقَضَّى. It occurs in a trad. of 'Áïsheh, relating to the present world, قَدْ مَضَى لَذْوَاهَا وَبَقِىَ بَلْوَاهَا [Its pleasure, or delight, or pleasantness, or delightfulness, hath passed away, and its probation remaineth].
3 Also لَذَّةٌ and لَذَاذَةٌ and لَذِيذٌ and لَذْوَى The eating and drinking in a state of ease, comfort, or pleasure, and competence.
4 See لَذِيذٌ.
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