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1 حَلَا حل حلا حلو , aor. حَلُوَ ; (S, Msb, K;) and حَلِىَ, aor. حَلَوَ ; and حَلُوَ, aor. حَلُوَ ; (K;) inf. n. حَلَاوَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and حَلْوٌ and حُلْوَانٌ; (K;) It (a thing, S, Msb) was, or became, sweet; (S, K;) as also ↓ احلولى ; (S, K;) or this latter signifies it was, or became, very sweet. (TA.) And in like manner, حَلَالِى [It was, or became, sweet to me]. (Msb.) And حَلُوَتِ الفَاكِهَةُ, aor. حَلُوَ , inf. n. حَلَاوَةٌ, [The fruit was, or became, sweet.] (TA.) ― -b2- حَلِىَ بِعَيْنِى (S, Msb, K) and فِى عَيْنِى (S) and بِصَدْرِى (S, Msb) and فِى صَدْرِى (S) and بِقَلْبِى, (K,) aor. حَلَوَ ; (S, Msb, K;) and حَلَا, aor. حَلُوَ ; (S, K;) inf. n. حَلَاوَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and حُلْوَانٌ; (K;) He, (S,) or it, (Msb,) pleased me, or excited my admiration; (S, Msb;) was goodly, or beautiful, in my estimation: (Msb:) or one says, حَلِىَ فِى عَيْنِى (Lth, As, S, K *) or فِى صَدْرِى, (As, TA,) aor. حَلَوَ , inf. n. حُلْوَانٌ; (Lth, TA;) and حَلَا فى فَمِى, (Lth, As, S, K, *) aor. حَلُوَ , inf. n. حَلْوٌ (Lth, TA) and حَلَاوَةٌ. (TA.) تَحْلَى بِهِ العَيْنُ is an inverted phrase, used by a poet, for يَحْلَى بِالْعَيْنِ. (S.) It has been said that حَلِىَ فِى عَيْنِى (ISd, and K in art. حلى) and فِى صَدْرى (ISd) is from الحَلْىُ, (ISd, K,) meaning the thing that is worn, because it signifies It was beautiful in my eye, like the حَلْى; not from حَلَاوَةٌ; (ISd, and TA in art. حلى;) but this saying is not valid, nor approved. (TA in the present art.) Accord. to Lh, one says, حَلِيَتِ المَرْأَةُ بِعَيْنِى and فِى عَيْنِى, and بِقَلْبِى and فِى قَلْبِى, aor. حَلَوَ , inf. n. حَلَاوَةٌ; and حَلَتْ, aor. حَلُوَ , inf. n. حَلَاوَةٌ; [The woman was pleasing in my eye, and in my mind, or heart.] (TA.) ― -b3- مَايَمُرُّ وَمَا يَحْلُو (tropical:) He is not bitter at one time, and he is not sweet at another. (IAar, K, TA. [In some copies of the K, وَلَا يَحْلُو.]) And أَمَرُّ وَأَحْلُو and أَمُرُّ وَأَحْلُو (tropical:) I am bitter at one time, and I am sweet at one time. (IAar, M in art. مر.) [See also 4.] -A2- حَلِىَ الشَّىْءَ, aor. حَلَوَ , (K,) inf. n. حَلَاوَةٌ; (TK;) and ↓ استحلاهُ , (S, Msb, K,) from الحَلَاوَةُ, like استجادهُ from الجَوْدَةُ, (S,) [the most common form,] and ↓ تحلّاهُ , (K,) and ↓ احلولاهُ , (S, K,) which is the only trans. verb of its measure except one other, in the phrase اِعْرَوْرَيْتُ الفَرَسَ; (S;) all signify the same; (K;) He esteemed the thing sweet [both properly and metaphorically as is indicated in the TA]: (Msb in explanation of the second of these verbs, and TK in explanation of all of them:) and [in like manner] ↓ أَحْلَيْتُهُ I found it to be sweet: (S, K:) or this signifies I made it sweet: (K:) or it has both of these significations: (S:) you say, أَحْلَيْتُ هٰذَا المَكَانَ, meaning ↓ اِسْتَحْلَيْتُهُ [I esteemed, or found, this place to be sweet, or pleasant]. (TA.) And حَلِيَتْهُ العَيْنُ [The eye esteemed, or found, him, or it, to be pleasing, or goodly, or beautiful]. (IAar, TA in art. حلى.) ― -b2- حَلِىَ مِنْهُ بِخَيْرٍ, (K,) aor. حَلَوَ ; (TA;) and حَلَا, (K,) aor. حَلُوَ ; (TA;) He found, or experienced, or he got, or obtained, from him, or it, good. (K.) [See also 1 in art. حلى.] -A3- حَلَاهُ الشَّىْءَ, (Msb, * K,) or حَلَاهُ كَذَا مَالًا, (S,) aor. حَلُوَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. حَلْوٌ (S, K [in the CK حُلْو]) and حُلْوَانٌ, (S,) He gave him (S, Msb, K) the thing, (K,) or such a piece of property, [as a gratuity,] for something that he had done; not as hire, or pay, or wages. (S.) ― -b2- You say also حَلَوْتُ meaning I bribed another; gave him a bribe. (TA.) ― -b3- And ↓ لَأَحْلُوَنَّكَ حُلْوَانَكَ I will assuredly give thee thy requital. (IAar, K.) ― -b4- حُلْوَانٌ also signifies A man's taking for himself a portion of the dowry of his daughter: an act for which the Arabs used to reproach him who did it. (S, Msb.) You say, حَلَاهُ, inf. n. حَلْوٌ [in the CK حُلْوٌ, and حُلُوٌّ also,] and حُلْوَانٌ, He gave him in marriage his daughter, or his sister, (K, TA,) or any woman, (TA,) for a certain dowry, on the condition that he should assign to him a certain portion of it. (K, TA.) -A4- حَلَوْتُ المَرْأَةَ i. q. حَلَيْتُهَا, i. e. I assigned, or gave, to the woman حُلِىّ [or ornaments]. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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