Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

لَذِيذٌ

Root: لذ

Full Definition

لَذِيذٌ and لَذٌّ are used in the same manner, as epithets, from the intrans. v. لَذَّ, signifying Pleasant, delightful, delicious, luscious, sweet, or savoury; desirable, or desired: pl. of both, لِذَاذٌ; and of the latter, [or of both,] لُذٌّ.
2 شَرَابٌ لَذِيذٌ, and لَذٌّ , and كَأْسٌ لَذَّةٌ, and شَىْءٌ لَذِيذٌ, and لَذٌّ , A pleasant, delightful, delicious, luscious, sweet, or savoury, beverage, or wine, and cup of beverage, or wine, and thing].
3 [You say] لَهُ عَيْشٌ لَذٌّ [He has a pleasant, or delightful, life]: and هُوَ فِى مِنْ عَيْشٍ [He is in a pleasant, or delightful, state of life].
4 رَجُلٌ لَذٌّ A man of pleasant, or delightful, conversation, or discourse.
5 A man in the enjoyment of pleasure, or delight: and أَلِذَّةٌ [pl. of لَذٌّ] Those who take their pleasures, or delights.
6 اللَّذِيذُ and Wine: pl. لُذٌّ and لِذَاذٌ.
7 See لَذَّةٌ.


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