سعيد

See also: سعید

Arabic

Root
س ع د (s-ʕ-d)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb سَعِدَ (saʕida, “to become happy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ʕiːd/

• Audio

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Adjective

سَعِيد • (saʕīd) (feminine سَعِيدَة (saʕīda), masculine plural سَعِيدُون (saʕīdūn) or سُعَدَاء (suʕadāʔ) or سُعُد (suʕud), feminine plural سَعِيدَات (saʕīdāt), elative أَسْعَد (ʔasʕad))

1. happy, cheerful, joyous

   Antonym: شَقِيّ (šaqiyy)

2. lucky

Declension

Declension of adjective سَعِيد (saʕīd)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سَعِيد saʕīd	السَّعِيد as-saʕīd	سَعِيدَة saʕīda	السَّعِيدَة as-saʕīda
Nominative	سَعِيدٌ saʕīdun	السَّعِيدُ as-saʕīdu	سَعِيدَةٌ saʕīdatun	السَّعِيدَةُ as-saʕīdatu
Accusative	سَعِيدًا saʕīdan	السَّعِيدَ as-saʕīda	سَعِيدَةً saʕīdatan	السَّعِيدَةَ as-saʕīdata
Genitive	سَعِيدٍ saʕīdin	السَّعِيدِ as-saʕīdi	سَعِيدَةٍ saʕīdatin	السَّعِيدَةِ as-saʕīdati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سَعِيدَيْن saʕīdayn	السَّعِيدَيْن as-saʕīdayn	سَعِيدَتَيْن saʕīdatayn	السَّعِيدَتَيْن as-saʕīdatayn
Nominative	سَعِيدَانِ saʕīdāni	السَّعِيدَانِ as-saʕīdāni	سَعِيدَتَانِ saʕīdatāni	السَّعِيدَتَانِ as-saʕīdatāni
Accusative	سَعِيدَيْنِ saʕīdayni	السَّعِيدَيْنِ as-saʕīdayni	سَعِيدَتَيْنِ saʕīdatayni	السَّعِيدَتَيْنِ as-saʕīdatayni
Genitive	سَعِيدَيْنِ saʕīdayni	السَّعِيدَيْنِ as-saʕīdayni	سَعِيدَتَيْنِ saʕīdatayni	السَّعِيدَتَيْنِ as-saʕīdatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	سَعِيدِين‎; سُعَدَاء‎; سُعُد saʕīdīn‎; suʕadāʔ‎; suʕud	السَّعِيدِين‎; السُّعَدَاء‎; السُّعُد as-saʕīdīn‎; as-suʕadāʔ‎; as-suʕud	سَعِيدَات saʕīdāt	السَّعِيدَات as-saʕīdāt
Nominative	سَعِيدُونَ‎; سُعَدَاءُ‎; سُعُدٌ saʕīdūna‎; suʕadāʔu‎; suʕudun	السَّعِيدُونَ‎; السُّعَدَاءُ‎; السُّعُدُ as-saʕīdūna‎; as-suʕadāʔu‎; as-suʕudu	سَعِيدَاتٌ saʕīdātun	السَّعِيدَاتُ as-saʕīdātu
Accusative	سَعِيدِينَ‎; سُعَدَاءَ‎; سُعُدًا saʕīdīna‎; suʕadāʔa‎; suʕudan	السَّعِيدِينَ‎; السُّعَدَاءَ‎; السُّعُدَ as-saʕīdīna‎; as-suʕadāʔa‎; as-suʕuda	سَعِيدَاتٍ saʕīdātin	السَّعِيدَاتِ as-saʕīdāti
Genitive	سَعِيدِينَ‎; سُعَدَاءَ‎; سُعُدٍ saʕīdīna‎; suʕadāʔa‎; suʕudin	السَّعِيدِينَ‎; السُّعَدَاءِ‎; السُّعُدِ as-saʕīdīna‎; as-suʕadāʔi‎; as-suʕudi	سَعِيدَاتٍ saʕīdātin	السَّعِيدَاتِ as-saʕīdāti

Descendants

• → Persian: سَعید (sa'id)

Proper noun

سَعِيد • (saʕīd) m

1. a male given name
2. a surname

Declension

Declension of noun سَعِيد (saʕīd)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	سَعِيد saʕīd	—
Nominative	—	سَعِيدٌ saʕīdun	—
Accusative	—	سَعِيدًا saʕīdan	—
Genitive	—	سَعِيدٍ saʕīdin	—

Descendants

• Maltese: Said
• → Azerbaijani: Səid
• → Bashkir: Сәғит (Səğit)
• → Bengali: সাঈদ (śaid)
• → English: Said, Sa'id, Saeed, Saïd, Sayeed
• → French: Saïd
• → Kazakh: Сағит (Sağit)
• → Persian: سَعید (sa'id)
• → Chinese: → 賽義德／赛义德 (Sàiyìdé) (transliteration)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ع د
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic سَعِيد (saʕīd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ʕiːd/, [saˈʕiːd]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Adjective

سعيد • (saʕīd) (feminine سعيدة (saʕīde), common plural سعيدين (saʕīdīn), elative أسعد (ʔasʕad))

1. happy (used in wishes and describing things)

   Antonym: حزين (ḥazīn)

   القصة إلها نهاية سعيدة.

   il-ʔuṣṣa ʔilha nihāye saʕīde

   The story has a happy end.

   نهارك سعيد! ― nhārak saʕīd! ― Have a nice day!

See also

• مبسوط (mabsūṭ, “happy, glad (of people)”)
• فرحان (farḥān, “happy, pleased (of people)”)