سعادة

سعادة

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of سَعِدَ‎ (saʿida, “to be happy, to be lucky”) from the root س ع د‎ (s-ʿ-d).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ʕaː.da/

Noun

سَعَادَة • (saʿāda) f

1. verbal noun of سَعِدَ‎ (saʿida) (form I)
2. happiness, gladness

   Antonyms: شَقَاوَة‎ (šaqāwa), شَقَاء‎ (šaqāʾ)

   ‏السَّعَادَةُ تَغْمُرُنِي.‎‎ ― as-saʿādatu taḡmurunī. ― Happiness overwhelms me.

   • a. 605, al-Nābighah al-Dhubiyānī

     ‏وَٱلرِّفْقُ يُمْنٌ، وَٱلأَنَاةُ سَعَادَةٌ / فَٱسْتَأْنِ فِي رِفْقٍ تُلَاقِ نَجَاحَا‎

     war-rifqu yumnun, wal-ʾanātu saʿādatun / fastaʾni fī rifqin tulāqi najāḥā

     Gentleness is a blessing; abiding is happiness. / So abide gently to find success.

   • a. 650, al-Ḥuṭayʾah

     ‏وَلَسْتُ أَرَى السَّعَادَةَ جَمْعَ مَالٍ / وَلَكِنَّ التَّقِيَّ هُوَ السَّعِيدُ‎

     wa-lastu ʾarā as-saʿādata jamʿa mālin / wa-lākinna t-taqiyya huwa s-saʿīdu

     I do not take happiness to be gathering wealth. / But the reverent is [to me] the glad.

3. luck, good fortune
4. bliss
5. prosperity
6. highness, majesty (title)

Declension

Declension of noun سَعَادَة (saʿāda)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَعَادَة saʿāda	السَّعَادَة‎ as-saʿāda	سَعَادَة saʿādat
Nominative	سَعَادَةٌ saʿādatun	السَّعَادَةُ‎ as-saʿādatu	سَعَادَةُ saʿādatu
Accusative	سَعَادَةً saʿādatan	السَّعَادَةَ‎ as-saʿādata	سَعَادَةَ saʿādata
Genitive	سَعَادَةٍ saʿādatin	السَّعَادَةِ‎ as-saʿādati	سَعَادَةِ saʿādati

Derived terms

• دَار السَّعَادَة‎ (dār as-saʿāda, “Istanbul”) (literally "land of happiness")

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Səadət, səadət
• → Ottoman Turkish: سعادت‎ (saadet)
  • Turkish: saadet
• → Persian: سعادت‎ (sa'âdat)
  • → English: Saadat
  • → Kazakh: Сағадат (Sağadat)
  • → Uzbek: saodat

Proper noun

سَعَادَة • (saʿāda) f

1. a surname

References

• Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), “سعادة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “سعادة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “سعد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN