سعيد

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Arabic

Root
س ع د (s-ʕ-d)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb سَعِدَ (saʕida, to become happy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.ʕiːd/
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Adjective

سَعِيد (saʕīd) (feminine سَعِيدَة (saʕīda), masculine plural سَعِيدُون (saʕīdūn) or سُعَدَاء (suʕadāʔ) or سُعُد (suʕud), feminine plural سَعِيدَات (saʕīdāt), elative أَسْعَد (ʔasʕad))

  1. happy, cheerful, joyous
    Antonym: شَقِيّ (šaqiyy)
  2. lucky

Declension

Descendants

  • Persian: سَعید (sa'id)

Proper noun

سَعِيد (saʕīdm

  1. a male given name
  2. a surname

Declension

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ع د
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic سَعِيد (saʕīd).

Pronunciation

Adjective

سعيد (saʕīd) (feminine سعيدة (saʕīde), common plural سعيدين (saʕīdīn), elative أسعد (ʔasʕad))

  1. happy (used in wishes and describing things)
    Antonym: حزين (ḥazīn)
    القصة إلها نهاية سعيدة.
    il-ʔuṣṣa ʔilha nihāye saʕīde
    The story has a happy end.
    نهارك سعيد!nhārak saʕīd!Have a nice day!

See also

  • مبسوط (mabsūṭ, happy, glad (of people))
  • فرحان (farḥān, happy, pleased (of people))