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ولد

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See also: و ل د

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَلَد (walad).

Pronunciation

Noun

ولد (weld) m (plural ولاد (wulād))

  1. son
  2. boy
  3. child

Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

    From Proto-Semitic *walad-.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    وَلَدَ (walada) I (non-past يَلِدُ (yalidu), verbal noun وِلَادَة (wilāda) or لِدَة (lida) or مَوْلِد (mawlid))

    1. to bear, to beget
      وُلِدْتُ فِي مَدِينَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ.
      wulidtu fī madīnatin kabīratin.
      I was born in a big city.
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 112:3:
        لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ
        lam yalid wa-lam yūlad
        He neither begets nor is born,
    2. to produce, to bring forth
    Conjugation
    More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...

    Etymology 1.2

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

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    وَلَّدَ (wallada) II (non-past يُوَلِّدُ (yuwallidu), verbal noun تَوْلِيد (tawlīd))

    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
      وَجَمَالُ ٱلْأَشْخَاصِ هُوَ أَمْرٌ يُؤَثِّرُ بِٱلْمَشَاعِرِ وَيُوَلِّدُ ٱلْإنْجِذَابَ نَحْوَ الْآخَرِينَ.
      wa-jamālu l-ʔašḵāṣi huwa ʔamrun yuʔaṯṯiru bi-l-mašāʕiri wa-yuwallidu l-ʔinjiḏāba naḥwa l-ʔāḵarīna.
      The beauty of people is something that affects feelings and generates attraction towards others.
    5. to give birth
    6. to derive (a word)
    Conjugation
    More information verbal noun الْمَصْدَر, active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل ...
    References

    Etymology 1.3

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

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

    1. child (son or daughter of any age)
      أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَلْعَبَ مَعَ أَوْلَادِكَ.
      ʔurīdu ʔan ʔalʕaba maʕa ʔawlādika.
      I want to play with your children.
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:31:
        وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا
        walā taqtulū ʔawlādakum ḵašyata ʔimlāqin naḥnu narzuquhum wa-ʔiyyākum ʔinna qatlahum kāna ḵiṭʔan kabīran
        And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.
    2. (collective) offspring, issue
    3. (colloquial) boy
    4. (colloquial) son
    Declension
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    Descendants
    • Maltese: wild
    • Azerbaijani: vələd
    • Bengali: ওলদ (ōlod)
    • Ottoman Turkish: ولد (veled) (see there for further descendants)
    • Uzbek: valad

    (via plural form أَوْلَاد (ʔawlād))

    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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    Chadian Arabic

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    Etymology

    From Arabic وَلِدَ (walida).

    Verb

    ولد (wilid) I (non-past يلد (yalda))

    1. to give birth

    References

    • Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 153

    Egyptian Arabic

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    Etymology 1

    From Arabic وَلَد (walad).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ولد (walad) m (plural ولاد (wilād))

    1. boy
      Alternative forms: واد (wād), ولا (wala)
    Coordinate terms

    Etymology 2

    From Arabic وَلَدَ (walada).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    ولد (walad, wilid) (verbal noun ولادة (wilāda), active participle والد (wālid), passive participle مولود (mawlūd))

    1. to give birth, to bear
    Conjugation
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    1 The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

    More information singular, plural ...

    1 The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

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