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Form 1لَذَّ3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarلَذَاذَةٌ إِلْتِذاذٌ لَذٌّmuḍāriʿيَلَذُّ

Core sense — it was pleasant, delightful, or sweet; he found it pleasantgenerated

1.1it (a thing) was, or became pleasant, delightful, delicious, sweet, or savoury; an object of desire—لَذِيذ

Second person لَذِذْتَ; maṣdar لَذَاذَةٌ, لَذَاذٌ, لَذَّةٌ, التذّ, and إِلْتِذاذٌ.

See لَذَّةٌ below, and see also طَابَ.

1.1.1he found it pleasant; he took pleasure, or delight, in it—لَذَّهُ

Also لَذَّ بِهِ, التذّهُ, التذّ بِهِ, and استلذّهُ.

Or: he counted, reckoned, or esteemed it pleasant, and so on; also لَذَّ به, التذّهُ, التدّ به, and استلذّهُ.

First person لَذِذْتُ; maṣdar لَذٌّ, لَذَّةٌ, لَذَاذٌ, and لَذَاذَةٌ.

pleasant, delightful, delicious, luscious, sweet, or savoury—لَذِيذ

لَذِذْتُ الشَّىْءَ, لَذِذْتُ به, and إِسْتَلْذَذْتُهُ are synonymous. En-Nadr: إِلْتَذَذْتُ به and تَلَذَّذْتُ به are likewise synonymous.

1.1.2this is one of the things that please, or delight, me—ذَا مِمَّا يَلُذُّنِى

Also يُلَذِّذُنِى and يُلِذُّنِى; for an example of the ism fāʿil of the latter, see مُرِذٌّ in the article on رذ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
43:71
يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِصِحَافٍ مِّن ذَهَبٍ وَأَكْوَابٍ ۖ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ ٱلْأَعْيُنُ ۖ وَأَنتُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

To them will be passed round, dishes and goblets of gold: there will be there all that the souls could desire, all that their eyes could delight in: and ye shall abide therein (for eye).

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (T, M, L, Msb, K,) second per. لَذِذْتَ , (Msb,) aor. يَلَذُّ , (T, Msb,) inf. n. لَذَاذَةٌ (A, L, Msb) and لَذَاذٌ (Msb) and لَذَّةٌ ; (A;) and التذّ , inf. n. إِلْتِذاذٌ ; (A;) It (a thing) was, or became لَذِيذ [i. e. pleasant, delightful, delicious, luscious, sweet, or savoury; see لَذَّةٌ , below; and see طَابَ ]; (T, M, L, Msb, K;) an object of desire, or a thing desired. (L.) لَذَّهُ , (M, L, K,) first pers. لَذِذْتُ , (T, S, Msb,) aor. يَلَذُّ , (T, M, L, Msb,) inf. n. لَذٌّ (M, L) and لَذَّةٌ (Msb) and لَذَاذٌ and لَذَاذَةٌ , (S, M, L, K,) He found it لَذِيذ [i. e. pleasant, delightful, delicious, luscious, sweet, or savoury; he delighted in it; he took pleasure, or delight, in it]; (S, L, Msb, K;) as also لَذَّ بِهِ , and التذّهُ , and التذّ بِهِ , and استلذّهُ : (M, K:) or he counted, accounted, reckoned, or esteemed, it pleasant, &c.; (L;) as also لَذَّ به , and التذّهُ , and التدّ به , (A, L,) and استلذّهُ : (S, L, Msb:) لَذِذْتُ الشَّىْءَ and لَذِذْتُ به and إِسْتَلْذَذْتُهُ are syn.; (En-Nadr, T, L;) and so are إِلْتَذَذْتُ به and تَلَذَّذْتُ به . (S, L, Msb.) ذَا مِمَّا يَلُذُّنِى , and يُلَذِّذُنِى , [and يُلِذُّنِى , (see an ex. of its act. part. n. voce مُرِذٌّ , in art. رذ ,) This is of the things that please, or delight, me]. (A.)
Form 2لَذَّذَ1 sense

Core sense — he found it pleasant, or delightfulgenerated

2.1

See form 1.

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see 1.
Form 3لاذّ الرَّجُلُ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ1 sense
maṣdarمُلَاذَّةٌ

Core sense — he gave his wife pleasure, receiving pleasure from hergenerated

3.1

The man gave pleasure, or delight, or enjoyment, to his wife, receiving the same from her.

Maṣdar مُلَاذَّةٌ and لِذَاذٌ.

See also form 6.

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, inf. n. مُلَاذَّةٌ and لِذَاذٌ , [The man gave pleasure, or delight, or enjoyment, to his wife, receiving the same from her,] on the occasion of contact in the act of concubitus. (A.) See also 6.
Form 4أَلْذَذَ1 sense

Core sense — he found it pleasant, or delightfulgenerated

4.1

See form 1.

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Form 5تَلَذَّذْتُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — I became pleased, or delighted; I took pleasuregenerated

5.1

I became pleased, or delighted; or I pleased, or delighted, myself.

5.1.1

See also form 1.

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[I became pleased, or delighted; or I pleased, or delighted, myself]. (A.) See also 1.
Form 6تَلَاذَّا1 sense

Core sense — they gave each other pleasure, or delightgenerated

6.1

They (a husband and his wife) gave each other pleasure, or delight, or enjoyment.

See also form 3.

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[They (a husband and his wife) gave each other pleasure, or delight, or enjoyment,] on the occasion of contact in the act of concubitus. (A.) See also 3.
Form 8إِلْتَذَذَ1 sense

Core sense — he found it pleasant, or delightfulgenerated

8.1

See form 1.

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see 1.
Form 10إِسْتَلْذَذَ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he found it pleasant; he experienced pleasuregenerated

10.1

See form 1.

10.1.1he experienced pleasure, or delight—استلذّ
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see 1. [ استلذّ also signifies He experienced pleasure, or delight.]

Derived nouns 8

Nounلَذٌّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — sleepgenerated

1

Sleep.

1.1

See also لَذَّةٌ and لَذِيدٌ.

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Sleep. (IAar, T, S, L, K.) See also لَذَّةٌ and لَذِيدٌ .
Nounلَذَّةٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — pleasure, delight, pleasantnessgenerated

1

Pleasure, delight; the opposite of أَلَمٌ. It is explained so because it comes only to one of sound constitution, free from pains.

Synonymous, or nearly so, with شَهْوَةٌ in one of that word's senses; also pleasantness, delightfulness, deliciousness, sweetness.

It is the maṣdar of the intransitive verb لَذَّ.

Plural لَذَّاتٌ.

1.1pleasure, delight, pleasantness—لَذْوَى

Of the measure فَعْلَى, and signifying the same as لَذَّةٌ. It is formed by changing one of the two dhāls into و, a change like that in تَقَضَّى.

its pleasure has passed away, and its probation remains—قَدْ مَضَى لَذْوَاهَا وَبَقِىَ بَلْوَاهَا

Occurs in a tradition of ʿĀisheh, about the present world.

1.2eating and drinking in ease, comfort, pleasure, and competence—لَذَّةٌ

Also لَذَاذَةٌ, لَذِيذٌ, and لَذْوَى.

1.3

See لَذِيذٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences لَذَّة
37:46
بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ

Crystal-white, of a taste delicious to those who drink (thereof),

47:15
مَّثَلُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِى وُعِدَ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ۖ فِيهَآ أَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّن مَّآءٍ غَيْرِ ءَاسِنٍ وَأَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّن لَّبَنٍ لَّمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ طَعْمُهُۥ وَأَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّنْ خَمْرٍ لَّذَّةٍ لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ وَأَنْهَـٰرٌ مِّنْ عَسَلٍ مُّصَفًّى ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ كَمَنْ هُوَ خَـٰلِدٌ فِى ٱلنَّارِ وَسُقُوا۟ مَآءً حَمِيمًا فَقَطَّعَ أَمْعَآءَهُمْ

(Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk of which the taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; and rivers of honey pure and clear. In it there are for them all kinds of fruits; and Grace from their Lord. (Can those in such Bliss) be compared to such as shall dwell for ever in the Fire, and be given, to drink, boiling water, so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces)?

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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Pleasure; delight; contr. of أَلَمٌ ; (M, L, K;) so explained because it happens not save to one who is of sound constitution, free from pains; syn. with شَهْوَةٌ [in one of the senses of this latter word], or nearly so: (TA:) pleasantness; delightfulness; deliciousness; lusciousness, sweetness: (the Lexicons passim: see the intrans. v. لَذَّ , of which it is an inf. n.) pl. لَذَّاتٌ . (S, L, Msb, K.) لَذْوَى , of the measure فَعْلَى , also signifies the same as لَذَّةٌ , and is formed by the change of one of the two dháls into و ; [in the L ى ;] a change similar to that in تَقَضَّى . (L.) It occurs in a trad. of 'Áïsheh, relating to the present world, قَدْ مَضَى لَذْوَاهَا وَبَقِىَ بَلْوَاهَا [Its pleasure, or delight, or pleasantness, or delightfulness, hath passed away, and its probation remaineth]. (L.) Also لَذَّةٌ and لَذَاذَةٌ and لَذِيذٌ and لَذْوَى The eating and drinking in a state of ease, comfort, or pleasure, and competence. (IAar, T, L.) See لَذِيذٌ .
Nounلَذِيذٌ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — pleasant, delightful, delicious, sweet; also winegenerated

1

This word and لَذٌّ are used in the same way, as adjectives, from the intransitive verb لَذَّ: pleasant, delightful, delicious, luscious, sweet, or savoury; desirable, or desired.

Plural of both, لِذَاذٌ; and of the latter, or of both, لُذٌّ.

1.1

شَرَابٌ لَذِيذٌ, لَذٌّ, كَأْسٌ لَذَّةٌ, شَىْءٌ لَذِيذٌ, and لَذٌّ: a pleasant, delightful, delicious, sweet, or savoury beverage or wine, cup of beverage or wine, and thing.

1.2he has a pleasant, or delightful, life—لَهُ عَيْشٌ لَذٌّ
he is in a pleasant, or delightful, state of life—هُوَ فِى لَذٍّ مِنْ عَيْشٍ
1.3a man of pleasant, or delightful, conversation—رَجُلٌ لَذٌّ
1.4those who take their pleasures, or delights—أَلِذَّةٌ

A man in the enjoyment of pleasure, or delight.

Plural of لَذٌّ.

1.5wine—اللَّذِيذُ
wine—اللَّذَّةُ

Plural لُذٌّ and لِذَاذٌ.

1.6

See لَذَّةٌ.

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and لَذٌّ are used in the same manner, as epithets, (Lth, T, L,) from the intrans. v. لَذَّ , (L,) signifying Pleasant, delightful, delicious, luscious, sweet, or savoury; (the Lexicons passim;) desirable, or desired: (L:) pl. of both, لِذَاذٌ ; and of the latter, [or of both,] لُذٌّ . (M, K.) شَرَابٌ لَذِيذٌ , and لَذٌّ , (S, M, L,) and كَأْسٌ لَذَّةٌ , (M, L,) and شَىْءٌ لَذِيذٌ , and لَذٌّ , (A,) A pleasant, delightful, delicious, luscious, sweet, or savoury, beverage, or wine, and cup of beverage, or wine, and thing]. [You say] لَهُ عَيْشٌ لَذٌّ [He has a pleasant, or delightful, life]: and هُوَ فِى لَذٍّ مِنْ عَيْشٍ [He is in a pleasant, or delightful, state of life]. (A.) رَجُلٌ لَذٌّ A man of pleasant, or delightful, conversation, or discourse. (A.) A man in the enjoyment of pleasure, or delight: (M, L:) and أَلِذَّةٌ [pl. of لَذٌّ ] Those who take their pleasures, or delights. (K.) اللَّذِيذُ and اللَّذَّةُ Wine: pl. لُذٌّ and لِذَاذٌ . (K.) See لَذَّةٌ .
Nounلَذَاذَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — pleasantness, delightfulness, deliciousnessgenerated

1

See لَذَّةٌ, and form 1.

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: see لَذَّةٌ , and 1.
Nounلَذْوَى1 sense

Core sense — pleasure, delightgenerated

1

See لَذَّةٌ.

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: see لَذَّةٌ .
Nounذَا أَطْيَبُ وَأَلَذُّ1 sense

Core sense — this is more, or most, pleasant and delightfulgenerated

1

This is more, or most, pleasant and delightful, and so on.

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[This is more. or most. pleasant and delightful, &c.] (A.)
Nounمَلَذٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a place of pleasure, or delightgenerated

1let him urge his mount to run where the ground is pleasant to it—إِذَا رَكِبَ أَحَدُكُمُ الدَّابَّةَ فَلْيَحْمِلْهَا عَلَى مَلَاذِّهَا

A place of لَذَّة, that is, of pleasure or delight.

Plural مَلَاذُّ.

Said in a tradition, of one of you who rides a beast of carriage; that is, let him make it run on plain, even ground, not rugged.

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A place of لَذَّة [i. e. pleasure, or delight]: pl. مَلَاذُّ . It is said in a trad. إِذَا رَكِبَ أَحَدُكُمُ الدَّابَّةَ فَلْيَحْمِلْهَا عَلَى مَلَاذِّهَا [When any one of you rides the beast of carriage, let him urge it to run upon the places that are pleasant to it]; i. e. let him make it run upon plain, or even, not rugged, ground, (L.)
Nounاَللَّذْ1 sense

Core sense — who, which; a relative pronoungenerated

1

This and اَللَّذِ (written with two lāms) are dialectal forms of الَّذِى.

Dual اللَّذَا, with the ن dropped; plural الَّذِينَ, and sometimes, in the nominative case, الَّذُونَ.

Their proper article is لذى.

For an example, see the verse cited under تَزَبَّى.

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and اَللَّذِ [thus written with two láms] dial. forms of الَّذِى : dual اللَّذَا , with the ن elided: pl. الَّذِينَ ; and sometimes, in the nom. case, الَّذُونَ . (S.) Their proper art. is لذى . (IB, K.) [See an ex. in a verse cited voce تَزَبَّى .]