Arabic vocabulary
لذيذdelicious in Arabic
لذيذ is how you say “delicious” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ل ذ ذ (l-dh-dh)adjective (epithet, from intransitive verb form I)Pronounced ladhīdh
Meaning of delicious in Arabic
- pleasant, delightful, delicious, luscious, sweet, or savoury — used of food, drink (e.g. شَرَابٌ لَذِيذٌ, 'a delicious drink'), or things generally
- desirable; an object of desire — the same epithet also carries the sense of something craved or wished for
- pleasant, delightful (of a person's company or talk) — e.g. رَجُلٌ لَذِيذٌ, 'a man of pleasant conversation'; also said of one enjoying pleasure
- wine — as a substantive, اللذيذ can denote wine itself, plural لُذّ / لِذَاذ
لذيذ is the everyday adjective for describing something delicious or delightful, most often food and drink, but also a pleasant life (عَيْشٌ لَذِيذ) or pleasant conversation. It is built directly from the intransitive verb لَذَّ, 'to be pleasant,' and shares its root with a full family of verbs and nouns about experiencing or giving delight.
Words from the same root
- لَذَّto be/become pleasant; to find something pleasant, delight in it (form I)
- لَذَّةٌpleasure, delight; pleasantness (opposite of pain), pl. لَذَّات
- تَلَذَّذَto be pleased or delighted; to delight oneself (form V)
- إِلْتَذَّto delight in, take pleasure in something (form VIII)
- إِسْتَلَذَّto find something pleasant; to experience delight (form X)
- لَذَاذَةٌpleasantness, delightfulness (verbal noun of لَذَّ)
- مَلَذٌّa place of pleasure or delight, pl. مَلَاذّ
Common questions
- How do you say "delicious" in Arabic?
- لذيذ (ladhīdh).
- What is the root of لذيذ and what does it mean?
- The root is ل ذ ذ (l-dh-dh), whose verb لَذَّ means 'to be or become pleasant, delightful, or delicious.'
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
ألم تر إلى المريض كيف يمتنع عن الطعام اللذيذ خوفًا من زيادة المرض، ويشرب الدواء المرّ رجاء للشفاء؟
Have you not seen how a sick person refrains from delicious food fearing an increase in illness, and drinks bitter medicine hoping for a cure?
اللَّذِيذِ — delicious. An adjective 'delicious' describing the food. It trails its noun and copies its definiteness and form, agreeing with it: the delicious food.
From: Paradise Over Pleasure →
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