Arabic word sheet

حَسَنَةٌ

a good thing, some good

Type: noun
Root: ح س ن

Meaning and usage

A good thing, a benefit

Anything happy that comes to someone and gladdens him, in his person, his health or his circumstances: a piece of good fortune, an advantage.

الْوَظِيفَةُ الْجَدِيدَةُ حَسَنَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ لِسَامِي.

The new job is a great good for Sami.

A good deed

A praiseworthy act done by someone, as opposed to a bad deed.

عَمِلَ رَامِي حَسَنَةً حِينَ سَاعَدَ جَارَهُ.

Rami did a good deed when he helped his neighbour.

Plural

حَسَنَاتٌ

Word family

What the root means ح س ن

The basic verb means to be good, goodly, pleasing. The headword names one good thing in particular, a benefit or a good deed; beauty, doing well and getting better grow from the same idea.

to be good, to be beautiful

حَسُنَ

good, fine

حَسَنٌ

beauty, goodness

حُسْنٌ

to do well, to act well

أَحْسَنَ

to improve, to get better

تَحَسَّنَ

Synonyms

good

خَيْرٌ

Much broader: it means good in general, uncounted, whereas the headword means one particular benefit or good deed.

kindness, good turn

مَعْرُوفٌ

Close to the headword only in its sense of “good deed”: it is said of the service one does for others and that everyone recognises as good.

Opposites

a bad thing, a bad deed

سَيِّئَةٌ