سعادة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
س ع د (s-ʕ-d)

Verbal noun of سَعِدَ (saʕida, “to be happy, to be lucky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ʕaː.da/

Noun

سَعَادَة • (saʕāda) f

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

   Antonyms: شَقَاوَة (šaqāwa), شَقَاء (šaqāʔ)

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

   • a. 605, al-Nābighah al-Dhubiyānī

     وَٱلرِّفْقُ يُمْنٌ، وَٱلأَنَاةُ سَعَادَةٌ / فَٱسْتَأْنِ فِي رِفْقٍ تُلَاقِ نَجَاحَا

     war-rifqu yumnun, wal-ʔanātu saʕādatun / fastaʔni fī rifqin tulāqi najāḥā

     Gentleness is a blessing; abiding is happiness. / So abide gently to find success.

   • a. 650, al-Ḥuṭayʾah

     وَلَسْتُ أَرَى السَّعَادَةَ جَمْعَ مَالٍ / وَلَكِنَّ التَّقِيَّ هُوَ السَّعِيدُ

     wa-lastu ʔarā as-saʕādata jamʕa mālin / wa-lākinna t-taqiyya huwa s-saʕīdu

     I do not take happiness to be gathering wealth. / But the reverent is [to me] the glad.

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, səadət
• → Ottoman Turkish: سعادت (saadet)
  • Turkish: saadet
• → Persian: سعادت (sa'âdat)
  • → English: Saadat
  • → Kazakh: Сағадат (Sağadat)
  • → Uzbek: saodat

Proper noun

سَعَادَة • (saʕāda) f

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