ولد

See also: و ل د

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root و ل د (w-l-d). Compare Hebrew יָלַד (yalád).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.la.da/
  • (Egypt) IPA(key): /ˈwɑlɑdɑ/

Verb

وَلَدَ (walada) I, non-past يَلِدُ‎ (yalidu)

  1. to bear, to give birth, to beget
    وُلِدْتُ فِي مَدِينَة كَبِيرَة. (passive voice)
    wulidtu fī madīna kabīra.
    I was born in a big city.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 112:3:
      لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ
      lam yalid walam yūlad
      He neither begets nor is born,
  2. to produce, to bring forth
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Form-II intensive/causative of وَلَدَ (walada, to give birth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wal.la.da/

Verb

وَلَّدَ (wallada) II, non-past يُوَلِّدُ‎ (yuwallidu)

  1. to assist in childbirth (as a midwife)
  2. to make children to, to cause to give birth
  3. to rear, to educate, to bring up
  4. to innovate, to originate, to generate, to produce
  5. to give birth
  6. to derive (a word)
Conjugation
References

Etymology 3

Compare Hebrew יֶלֶד (yéled), Ge'ez ወልድ (wäld).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.lad/

Noun

وَلَد (walad) m (plural أَوْلَاد (ʾawlād) or وُلْد (wuld) or وِلْدَان (wildān) or وِلْدَة (wilda))

  1. child (of either gender)
  2. boy
  3. son
Declension

Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), ولد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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