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تَهْنِئَة
congratulation /ˈtahniʔa/
nounB1#1456 most common
Also: congratulations, felicitation, greeting on an occasion
Example sentences
هَذِهِ بِطاقَةُ تَهْنِئَةٍ.
This is a congratulations card.
أَرْسَلْتُ لَكَ تَهْنِئَةً بِعيدِ ميلادِكَ.
I sent you a congratulation on your birthday.
تَلَقَّى العَريسُ تَهْنِئَةً حارَّةً مِنْ أَصْدِقائِهِ.
The groom received a warm congratulation from his friends.
أَلْقى الرَّئيسُ كَلِمَةَ تَهْنِئَةٍ بِمُناسَبَةِ العيدِ الوَطَنِيِّ.
The president delivered a congratulatory speech on the occasion of the national day.
نَشَرَتِ الجَريدَةُ بَرْقِيّاتِ التَّهْنِئَةِ الَّتي وَرَدَتْ مِنْ زُعَماءِ العالَمِ.
The newspaper published the congratulatory telegrams that arrived from world leaders.
لَمْ تَكُنْ تَهْنِئَتُهُ مُجَرَّدَ مُجامَلَةٍ، بَلْ عَبَّرَتْ عَنْ صِدْقِ مَشاعِرِهِ تِجاهَ نَجاحِها.
His congratulation was not mere flattery. It expressed the sincerity of his feelings toward her success.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَهْنِئَةٌ | تَهْنِئَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَهْنِئَةٍ | تَهْنِئَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَهْنِئَةً | تَهْنِئَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا تَهْنِئَةُ | يا تَهْنِئَاتُ |
Word family
هَنَّأَto congratulate, wish joy
مُهَنِّئcongratulator, well-wisher
تَهانٍ / التَّهانيcongratulations, felicitations (plural)
هَنيءpleasant, wholesome
هَناءhappiness, bliss
Etymology
تَهْنِئَة is the verbal noun of the Form II verb هَنَّأَ, 'to congratulate.' It comes from the root ه-ن-أ, which carries the sense of being wholesome or pleasant, as in the adjective هَنيء. To congratulate someone is to wish that an event prove pleasant and happy for them. The same root gives هَناء, 'bliss,' and the table phrase هَنيئًا, said to wish someone an enjoyable meal.
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