ساعد

Arabic

Etymology

From the root س ع د (s-ʕ-d), cognate with Hebrew סָעַד‏ (sāʿad, “to support”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saː.ʕa.da/

• Audio (informal):

  (file)

Verb

سَاعَدَ • (sāʕada) III (non-past يُسَاعِدُ (yusāʕidu), verbal noun مُسَاعَدَة (musāʕada))

1. to help, to assist

   هَلْ يُمْكِن أَنْ تُسَاعِدْنِي؟ ― hal yumkin ʔan tusāʕidnī? ― Can you help me?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saː.ʕid/

Noun

سَاعِد • (sāʕid) m (plural سَوَاعِد (sawāʕid))

1. forearm, bracchium
   • a. 684, معن بن أوس [Maʿn Ibn Aws], فيا عجباً لمن ربيت طفلاً […]:

     أُعَلِّمُهُ ٱلرِّمَايَةَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ / فَلَمَّا ٱشْتَدَّ سَاعِدُهُ رَمَانِي.

     ʔuʕallimu-hū r-rimāyata kulla yawmin / fa-lammā štadda sāʕidu-hū ramā-nī.

     I teach him shooting every day; and when his arm was steady he shot me.

Declension

Declension of noun سَاعِد (sāʕid)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَاعِد sāʕid	السَّاعِد as-sāʕid	سَاعِد sāʕid
Nominative	سَاعِدٌ sāʕidun	السَّاعِدُ as-sāʕidu	سَاعِدُ sāʕidu
Accusative	سَاعِدًا sāʕidan	السَّاعِدَ as-sāʕida	سَاعِدَ sāʕida
Genitive	سَاعِدٍ sāʕidin	السَّاعِدِ as-sāʕidi	سَاعِدِ sāʕidi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَاعِدَيْن sāʕidayn	السَّاعِدَيْن as-sāʕidayn	سَاعِدَيْ sāʕiday
Nominative	سَاعِدَانِ sāʕidāni	السَّاعِدَانِ as-sāʕidāni	سَاعِدَا sāʕidā
Accusative	سَاعِدَيْنِ sāʕidayni	السَّاعِدَيْنِ as-sāʕidayni	سَاعِدَيْ sāʕiday
Genitive	سَاعِدَيْنِ sāʕidayni	السَّاعِدَيْنِ as-sāʕidayni	سَاعِدَيْ sāʕiday
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَوَاعِد sawāʕid	السَّوَاعِد as-sawāʕid	سَوَاعِد sawāʕid
Nominative	سَوَاعِدُ sawāʕidu	السَّوَاعِدُ as-sawāʕidu	سَوَاعِدُ sawāʕidu
Accusative	سَوَاعِدَ sawāʕida	السَّوَاعِدَ as-sawāʕida	سَوَاعِدَ sawāʕida
Genitive	سَوَاعِدَ sawāʕida	السَّوَاعِدِ as-sawāʕidi	سَوَاعِدِ sawāʕidi