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سَعِيد
happy /saˈʕiːd/
adjectiveA1#280 most common
Also: fortunate, lucky, glad
Example sentences
أَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْيَوْمَ.
I am happy today.
هِيَ سَعِيدَةٌ لِأَنَّهَا نَجَحَتْ.
She is happy because she passed.
كَانَ الْأَطْفَالُ سُعَدَاءَ فِي الْحَفْلَةِ.
The children were happy at the party.
نَتَمَنَّى لَكُمْ عَامًا سَعِيدًا.
We wish you a happy year.
شَعَرْتُ بِأَنَّنِي سَعِيدٌ لِأَوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ مُنْذُ زَمَنٍ طَوِيلٍ.
I felt happy for the first time in a long while.
رَغْمَ كُلِّ مَا وَاجَهَهُ مِنْ صُعُوبَاتٍ، ظَلَّ رَجُلًا سَعِيدًا رَاضِيًا بِحَيَاتِهِ.
Despite all the difficulties he faced, he remained a happy man, content with his life.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | سَعِيدٌ | سُعَدَاءُ |
| Genitive | سَعِيدٍ | سُعَدَاءَ |
| Accusative | سَعِيدًا | سُعَدَاءَ |
| Vocative | يَا سَعِيدُ | يَا سُعَدَاءُ |
Word family
سَعَادَةhappiness
سَعِدَto be happy
أَسْعَدَto make happy
مَسْعُودfortunate, lucky
Etymology
Saʿīd comes from the Semitic root s-ʿ-d, tied to good fortune and happiness. It follows the faʿīl adjective pattern, which builds a quality from a root. The same root yields saʿāda, happiness, and masʿūd, fortunate. The word is also one of the oldest and most common Arabic personal names.
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