حلوsweet

Example sentences

• فإن كانت تؤول إلى النار، فهي مرارة في الحقيقة وإن كانت حلوة في المذاق

  If it leads to the Fire, then it is bitterness in reality, even if it is sweet in taste.

  حُلْوَةً — sweet. The complement of 'was', describing the pleasure, with a bare indefinite ending: sweet. It takes the form such being-verbs require for the state ascribed to the subject.

  From: Paradise Over Pleasure →

• وإن كانت تؤول إلى الجنة، فهي حلوة في الحقيقة وإن كانت مرة في المذاق

  And if it leads to Paradise, then it is truly sweet, even if it is bitter in taste.

  حُلْوَةٌ — sweet. The predicate noun of the verdict, with a bare indefinite ending: sweet. In this verbless sentence it equates the pleasure with this quality: in truth it is sweet.

  From: Paradise Over Pleasure →