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4 أَحْلَوَ see 2. ― -b2- Hence, (TA,) مَا أَمَرَّ وَمَاأَحُلَى (assumed tropical:) He said not anything: (S, TA:) or the meaning is similar to that of the phrase next following. (TA.) مَا يُمِرُّ وَمَا يُحْلِى (assumed tropical:) He says not a bitter thing nor a sweet thing: and he does not a bitter thing nor a sweet thing. (K.) [See a similar phrase near the middle of the first paragraph.] ― -b3- See also another signification in the first paragraph. ― -b4- 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 أُحَيْلَاهُ [How very sweet, &c., is it!]; like مَا أُمَيْلِحَهُ [q. v.]. (TA in art. ملح.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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