English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From glad -ness
Pronunciation [ edit ] gladness (countable and uncountable plural gladnesses
The state of being glad ; joy .
1953 Samuel Beckett , Watt Grove Press , published 1959 , →OCLC But as time, as time will, drew on, and Watt's period of service on the ground floor approached its term, then this wish and this fear, and so this sorrow and this gladness , like so many other wishes and fears, so many other sorrows and gladnesses , grew duller and duller and gradually ceased to be felt, at all.
Translations [ edit ] the state of being glad
Arabic: فَرَح (ar) m ( faraḥ )
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܒܘܣܡܐ m ܚܕܘܬܐ f ܒܣܝܡܘܬܐ f
Azerbaijani: şadlıq fərəhlilik sevinc (az) , fərəh (az)
Dutch: blijdschap (nl) f
Esperanto: gajeco
Finnish: iloisuus (fi)
French: allégresse (fr) f
Galician: ledicia (gl) f
Greek:
Ancient: τέρψις f ( térpsis )
Hebrew: גִּילָה f ( gilá ) , שָׂשׂוֹן (he) m ( sasón )
Icelandic: kæti f
Irish: aogall m áthas m gairdeas m gealadh m gile (ga) f gliondar m lúcháir f mórachas m ríméad m sonas m subha f subhachas m Old Irish: subachus m
Kannada: ಸಂತೋಷ (kn) ( santōṣa )
Latin: laetitia f
Old Norse: gleði f
Pali: mudā f somanassa n
Persian: مژده (fa) ( možde )
Russian: радость (ru) ( radostʹ )
Sanskrit: उत्सव (sa) m ( utsava ) , मुदिता (sa) ( muditā ) , रण (sa) m ( raṇa )
Scottish Gaelic: èibhinneachd f aoibhneas m
Slovene: rád (sl) m
Spanish: alegría (es)
Tajik: мужда (tg) ( mužda ) , хурсандӣ (tg) ( xursandī )
Telugu: హర్షము (te) ( harṣamu )
West Frisian: blydskip c