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سَعِدَ

Root: سعد

Form: 1

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سَعِدَI , Present.T ـَ; and سُعِدَ; Verbal.Noun of the former, or of the latter, or of both, سَعْدٌ, and of the former, or of both, سَعَادَةٌ, or this latter is a simple subst.; He was, or became, prosperous, fortunate, happy, or in a state of felicity; contr. of شَقِىَ; with respect to religion and with respect to worldly things. You say, سَعِدْتُ بِهِ and سُعِدْتُ [I was, or became, prosperous, &c., by means of him, or it]. In the Kur xi. 110, Ks read سُعِدُوا [instead of the common reading سَعِدُوا]. [See also سَعَادَةٌ, below.]
2 And سَعَدَ يَوْمُنَا, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun سُعُودٌ and سَعْدٌ, Our day was, or became, prosperous, fortunate, auspicious, or lucky; [contr. of نَحِسَ; and in like manner the verb is used in relation to a star or an asterism &c.; and] سُعِدَ, Verbal.Noun سَعْدٌ, signifies [likewise] the contr. of نُحِسَ. [See also سُعُودَةٌ, below.]
3 سَعَدَ المَآءُ فِىالأَرْضِ means The water came upon the land unsought; i. e., came flowing [naturally] upon the surface of the land, not requiring a machine to raise it for the purpose of irrigation.

def.2 See also 4, in three places.

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