سعادة

Arabic

Etymology

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

Noun

سَعَادَة • (saʕāda) f

1. verbal noun of سَعِدَ (saʕida) (form I)
2. happiness

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

   Antonyms: شَقَاوَةٌ (šaqāwatun), شَقَاء (šaqāʔ)

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

Declension

Declension of noun سَعَادَة (saʕāda)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَعَادَة saʕāda	السَّعَادَة as-saʕāda	سَعَادَة saʕādat
Nominative	سَعَادَةٌ saʕādatun	السَّعَادَةُ as-saʕādatu	سَعَادَةُ saʕādatu
Accusative	سَعَادَةً saʕādatan	السَّعَادَةَ as-saʕādata	سَعَادَةَ saʕādata
Genitive	سَعَادَةٍ saʕādatin	السَّعَادَةِ as-saʕādati	سَعَادَةِ saʕādati

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: səadət
• Persian: سعادت
• Uzbek: saodat

Proper noun

سَعَادَة • (saʕāda)

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^[1], 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