Core sense — good fortune, prosperity; fortunate, auspicious, said of a day or a stargenerated
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A maṣdar of سَعِدَ, or of سُعِدَ, or of both; and of سَعَدَ [and also used as a simple noun]. See سَعَادَةٌ, with which it is synonymous, and see also سُعُودَةٌ, with which it is likewise synonymous; it means the same as يُمْنٌ.
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It is also a maṣdar used as an adjective: prosperous, fortunate, auspicious, or lucky, said of a day, and of a star or an asterism [etc.: so that it may be used alike as masculine and feminine, singular and plural; but it is also used as an adjective in origin, forming its feminine with ة, and in this case its plural of multitude is سُعُودٌ and its plural of paucity أَسْعُدٌ].
One says يَوْمٌ سَعْدٌ as well as يَوْمُ سَعْدٍ [where it is used as a noun]; and كَوْكَبٌ سَعْدٌ. IJ mentions لَيْلَةٌ سَعْدَةٌ, in which سَعْدَةٌ is like جَعْدَةٌ as feminine of جَعْدٌ.
1.2the two planets Venus and Mercury—السَّعْدَانِ
Just as [the opposite] النَّحْسَانِ is applied to Saturn and Mars. (Ibn-ʿAbbād, in art. نحس.)
1.3a name given to each of ten asterisms, four of them in Capricornus and Aquarius—سَعْدٌ
Those four are Mansions of the Moon. Plural [of multitude] سُعُودٌ and سُعُدٌ, but the first is better known and more in keeping with analogy; plural of paucity أَسْعُدٌ. They are distinguished by the names that follow.
two stars near together, in one of the horns of Capricornus; the 22nd Mansion of the Moon—سَعْدُ الذَّابِحِ
[Or سَعْدٌ الذَّابِحُ: see art. ذبح.]
One of the two is called الذابح because beside it is a small dim star, almost touching it, so that the first seems about to slaughter it; and الذابح is a little brighter than it. (Ibn-Kunāseh.) They are so called because of the small neighbouring star, which is said to be the sheep of الذابح, which he is about to slaughter. [See also art. ذبح.]
1.4two dim stars lying obliquely—سَعْدُ بُلَعَ
Aboo-Yahyà says that the Arabs assert they rose at dawn when God said يَا أَرْضُ ٱبْلَعِى مَآءَكِ [Qur'ān 11:46]; and they are said to be so called because one of them seems about to swallow the other, being so near it. (Ibn-Kunāseh.)
Or three stars [apparently with the star of the same size next to them on the north] on, or rather near, the left hand of Aquarius; the 23rd Mansion of the Moon. (Kzw, description of Aquarius.) [See also art. بلع.]
Qur’ān 11:44 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xi. 46”
1.5two stars, the most approved of these asterisms—سَعْدُ السُّعُودِ
Or the star on the left shoulder-joint of Aquarius together with the star in the tail of Capricornus; [the 24th Mansion of the Moon:] (Kzw, description of Aquarius.) Or a certain solitary bright star.
So named because they are the most approved of the سُعُود; they resemble سعد الذابح [apparently a mistake for سَعْدُ البَارِعِ, or some other سعد that is not one of the Mansions of the Moon] in the time of their auroral rising. (Ibn-Kunāseh.)
1.6three stars, neither very dim nor very bright, lying off the track of the others—سَعْدُ الأَخْبِيَةِ
[Also called الأَخْبِيَةُ and الخِبَآءُ: see خِبَآءٌ in art. خبى.]
They are not in the track of the other سُعُود, but decline from it a little, and there is disagreement about them. They are so called because, when they rise aurorally, the venomous or harmful creeping things of the earth, such as scorpions and serpents, come out of their holes. (Ibn-Kunāseh.) [And this observation is just; for this asterism, about the beginning of the era of the Flight, rose aurorally in Central Arabia on the 24th of February, Old Style, after the end of the cold season: see مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ in art. نزل.]
Or it consists of three stars, like the three stones on which the cooking-pot is set, with a fourth below one of them: the star on the right arm together with the three stars on the right hand of Aquarius; so called because, when it rises aurorally, the venomous or harmful creeping things that had hidden beneath the ground because of the cold appear. (Kzw, description of Aquarius; some copies incorrectly have "hide themselves beneath the ground by reason of the cold".)
It is said that the سعد is one star, the brightest of four, the other three being dim; and it is correctly said to be so called because, when it rises aurorally, the venomous or harmful creeping things hidden beneath the ground come out. It is the 25th Mansion of the Moon. (Kzw, description of the Mansions of the Moon.)
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The following are the other سعود, which are not Mansions of the Moon.
1.8two stars—سَعْدُ نَاشِرَةَ
[Situated, according to Ideler, as is said in Freytag's Lexicon, in the tail of Capricornus.]
1.9the two stars on the right shoulder of Aquarius—سَعْدُ المَلِكِ
1.10the two stars on the head of Pegasus—سَعْدُ البِهَامِ
Kzw; but in the copies of his work the name is written سَعْدُ البَهَائِمِ.
1.11the two stars on the neck of Pegasus—سَعْدُ الهُمَامِ
the two stars near together in the breast of Pegasus—سَعْدُ البَارِعِ
1.12the two stars on the right, or perhaps the left, knee of Pegasus—سَعْدُ مَطَرٍ
Kzw; but there called سَعْدُ المَطَرِ.
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Each سعد of these six consists of two stars. Between every two stars, as the eye sees them, there is said to be a distance of a cubit, or about a cubit; [but this is not correct;] and they are set in regular order.
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It is also the name of an object of idol worship belonging to the sons of Milkān the son of Kināneh, at a place on the sea-shore next to Juddeh.
A poet says: [And is Saad anything but a mass of rock in a desert tract of the earth, calling neither to error nor to a right course?]
shāhidوَهَلْ سَعْدُ إِلَّا صَخْرَةٌ بِتَنُوفَةٍمِنَ الأَرْضِ لَا تَدْعُو لِغَىٍّ وَلَا رُشْدِ
Hudheyl are said to have worshipped it in the Time of Ignorance.
1.15figurative · مجازthe virginity, or hymen, of a girl or woman—بِنْتُ سَعْدٍ
Used metonymically.
1.16figurative · مجازis it a thing liked or a thing disliked?—أَسَعْدٌ أَمْ سُعَيْدٌ
A proverb, said to have arisen from the fact that Saad and So'eyd [the second name wrongly written in some copies سَعِيد], the two sons of Dabbeh the son of Udd, went out to look for some camels of theirs; Saad came back, but So'eyd was lost, and his name came to be reckoned unlucky. Dabbeh used to say this when he saw a dark shape in the night; and so it is said in allusion to concern for one's relative, and in asking whether a good or a bad thing has happened. [The saying may also be rendered: Is it a fortunate thing or a little fortunate thing?]
1.17aiding you time after time—سَعْدَيْكَ
In the saying لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ: aiding you after aiding, that is, time after time; synonymous with إِسْعَادًا لَكَ بَعْدَ إِسْعَادٍ. Or aiding you and then aiding. (Ahmad Ibn-Yahyà.) Or aiding your cause time after time — and this is why it is in the dual.
El-Jarmee says that it has no singular, and Fr says the same of it and of لَبَّيْكَ. It is in the accusative case as a maṣdar governed by an understood verb.
It occurs in the words said before the recitation of the Opening Chapter of the Qur'ān in prayer, لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ وَالخَيْرُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَالسَّرُّ لَيْسَ إِلَيْكَ [meaning: I wait intent on your service, or on obedience to you, time after time, and on aiding your cause time after time; and good is before you, and evil is not to be imputed to you].
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Also the third part of the لَبِنَة [or gore] of a shirt; and [the diminutive] سُعَيْدٌ means the fourth part of it.
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an inf. n. of سَعِدَ , (Msb,) or of سُعِدَ , (MA,) or of both: (TA:) and of سَعَدَ : (K, TA:) [and also used as a simple subst.:] see سَعَادَةٌ [with which it is syn.]: and see also سُعُودَةٌ [with which it is likewise syn.]; i. q. يُمْنٌ . (S, A.) It is also an inf. n. used as an epithet, i. e. Prosperous, fortunate, auspicious, or lucky, applied to a day, and to a star or an asterism [&c.: so that it may be used alike as masc. and fem. and sing. and pl.: but it is also used as originally an epithet, forming its fem. with ة ; and in this case it has for pl. of mult. سُعُودٌ and pl. of pauc. أَسْعُدٌ ]: you say يَوْمٌ سَعْدٌ , as well as يَوْمُ سَعْدٍ [in which it is used as a subst.]; and كَوْكَبٌ سَعْدٌ : and IJ mentions لَيْلَةٌ سَعْدَةٌ , in which سَعْدَةٌ is like جَعْدَةٌ as fem. of جَعْدٌ . (L.) [Hence,] السَّعْدَانِ is an appellation of The two planets Venus and Mercury: like as [the contr.] النَّحْسَانِ is applied to Saturn and Mars. (Ibn-'Abbád, TA in art. نحس .) And [hence, also,] سَعْدٌ is an appellation given to Each of ten asterisms, (S, L, K,) four of which are in the signs of Capricornus and Aquarius, (S, L,) and are Mansions of the Moon: pl. [of mult.] سُعُودٌ (S, L, K) and سُعُدٌ ; but the former is the more known, and more agreeable with analogy; and pl. of pauc. أَسْعُدٌ : (L:) they are distinguished by the following names: — سَعْدُ الذَّابِحِ , (S, L, K,) [or سَعْدٌ الذَّابِحُ , see art. ذبح ,] Two stars near together, one of which is called الذابح because with it is a small obscure star, almost close to it, and it seems as though the former were about to slaughter it; and الذابح is a little brighter that it; (Ibn-Kunáseh;) they are the two stars [ and ] which are in one of the horns of Capricornus; so called because of the small adjacent star, which is said to be the sheep ( شاة ) of الذابح , which he is about to slaughter; the Twenty-second Mansion of the Moon: (Kzw:) [see also art. ذبح :] سَعْدُ بُلَعَ (S, L, K) Two obscure stars, lying obliquely, of which Aboo-Yahyà says, the Arabs assert that they rose [at dawn] when God said, يَا أَرْضُ ٱبْلَعِى مَآءَكِ [Kur xi. 46]; and said to be thus called because one of them seems as though about to swallow the other, on account of its nearness to it: (Ibn-Kunáseh:) or three stars [app. and with the star of the same magnitude next to them on the north] on [or rather near] the left hand of Aquarius; [the Twenty-third Mansion of the Moon:] (Kzw, descr. of Aquarius:) [See also art. بلع :] سَعْدُ السُّعُودِ (S, L, K) Two stars, the most approved of the سُعُود , and therefore thus named, resembling سعد الذابح [app. a mistake for سَعْدُ البَارِعِ , or some other سعد , not of the Mansions of the Moon,] in the time of their [auroral] rising; (Ibn-Kunáseh;) the star [ ] which is on the left shoulder-joint of Aquarius, together with the star [ ] in the tail of Capricornus; [the Twentyfourth Mansion of the Moon:] (Kzw, descr. of Aquarius:) or a certain solitary bright star: (S:) سَعْدُ الأَخْبِيَةِ (S, L, K) [also called الأَخْبِيَةُ and الخِبَآءُ (see خِبَآءٌ in art. خبى )] Three stars, not in the track of the other سُعُود , but declining from it [a little], in, or respecting, which there is a discordance; they are neither very obscure nor very bright; and are thus called because, when they rise [aurorally], the venomous or noxious reptiles of the earth, such as scorpions and serpents, come forth from their holes; (Ibn-Kuná- seh;) [and this observation is just; for this asterism, about the commencement of the era of the Flight, rose aurorally, in Central Arabia, on the 24th of February, O. S., after the end of the cold season: see مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ , in art. نزل :] or it consists of three stars, like the three stones upon which the cooking-pot is placed, with a fourth below one of them; (S;) the star [γ] that is on the right arm, together with the three stars [ , , and ,] on the right hand of Aquarius: so called because, when it rises [aurorally], the venomous or noxious reptiles that have hidden themselves beneath the ground by reason of the cold appear: (Kzw, descr. of Aquarius; [in some copies, incorrectly, for “ that have hidden themselves, ” &c., “ hide themselves beneath the ground by reason of the cold: ”]) it is said that the سعد is one star, the brightest of four, the other three of which are obscure; and it is [correctly] said to be called thus because, when it rises [aurorally], the venomous or noxious reptiles that are hidden beneath the ground come forth: it is the Twenty-fifth Mansion of the Moon: (Kzw, descr. of the Mansions of the Moon:) the following are the other سعود , which are not Mansions of the Moon: (S, L, K:) سَعْدُ نَاشِرَةَ (S, L, K) [Two stars, situate, accord. to Ideler, as is said in Freytag's Lex., in the tail of Capricornus]: سَعْدُ المَلِكِ (S, L, K) The two stars [a and o?] on the right shoulder of Aquarius: (Kzw:) سَعْدُ البِهَامِ (S, L, K) The two stars [ and ?] on the head of Pegasus: (Kzw: [but ii. the copies of his work the name is written سَعْدُ البَهَائِمِ :]) سَعْدُ الهُمَامِ (S, L, K) The two stars [ and 31 ?] on the neck of Pegasus: (Kzw:) سَعْدُ البَارِعِ (S, L, K) The two stars near together [ and and ?] in the breast of Pegasus: (Kzw:) سَعْدُ مَطَرٍ (S, L, K) The two stars [ and ?] on the right [or left ?] knee of Pegasus: (Kzw: but there called سَعْدُ المَطَرِ :) each سعد of these six consists of two stars: between every two stars, as viewed by the eye, is [said to be] a distance of a cubit, ( ذِرَاع ,) (S, L,) or about a cubit; (K;) [but this is not correct;] and they are disposed in regular order. (S, L.) It is also the name of A certain object of idolatrous worship that belonged to the sons of Milkán (S, K) the son of Kináneh, (S,) in a place on the shore of the sea, adjacent to Juddeh. (TA.) A poet says, 1 [And is Saad aught but a mass of rock in a desert tract of the earth, not inviting to error nor to a right course?]. (S, TA.) Hudheyl is said to have worshipped it in the Time of Ignorance. (TA.) وَهَلْ سَعْدُ إِلَّا صَخْرَةٌ بِتَنُوفَةٍ | مِنَ الأَرْضِ لَا تَدْعُو لِغَىٍّ وَلَا رُشْدِ بِنْتُ سَعْدٍ is metonymically used as meaning The virginity, or hymen, of a girl or woman. (TA.) أَسَعْدٌ أَمْ سُعَيْدٌ , meaning Is it a thing liked or a thing disliked? (S, A, K,) is a prov., (S, A,) which [is said to have] originated from the fact that Saad and So'eyd, [the latter name erroneously written in some copies of the S and K سَعِيد ,] the two sons of Dabbeh the son of Udd, went forth (S, K, TA) to seek some camels belonging to them, (TA,) and Saad returned, but So'eyd was lost, and his name became regarded as unlucky: (S, K, TA:) Dabbeh used to say this when he saw a dark object in the night: and hence it is said in allusion to care for one's relation; and in inquiring whether a good or an evil event have happened. (TA.) [The saying may also be rendered, Is it a fortunate thing or a little fortunate thing?] سَعْدَيْكَ , in the saying لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ , signifies Aiding Thee after aiding [i. e. time after time]; syn. إِسْعَادًا لَكَ بَعْدَ إِسْعَادٍ : (ISk, T, S, L, K:) or aiding Thee and then aiding: (Ahmad Ibn-Yahyà, L:) or aiding thy cause after aiding [i. e. time after time]: (T, L:) and hence it is in the dual number: (IAth, L:) El-Jarmee says that it has no sing.; and Fr says the same of it, and also of لَبَّيْكَ : it is in the accus. case as an inf. n. governed by a verb understood. (L.) It occurs in the form of words preceding the recitation of the Opening Chapter of the Kur-án in prayer, لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ وَالخَيْرُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَالسَّرُّ لَيْسَ إِلَيْكَ [meaning I wait intent upon thy service, or upon obedience to Thee, time after time, and upon aiding thy cause time after time; and good is before Thee, and evil is not imputable to Thee]. (L, TA.) Also The third part of the لَبِنَة [or gore] (K, TA) of a shirt: (TA:) [the dim.] سُعَيْدٌ signifies the fourth part thereof. (K, TA.)