ulied

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Maltese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَوْلاد (ʔawlād), plural of وَلَد (walad), whence Maltese wild (progeny), of which ulied does not anymore function as a plural, however.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ulied

  1. one's children; offspring
    1. plural of iben (son)
    2. plural of bint (daughter)

Usage notes

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  • In order to specify sex in the plural, the appositions subien (boys) and bniet (girls) are used; see these.

Inflection

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    Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person uliedi uliedna
2nd person uliedek uliedkom
3rd person uliedu uliedha uliedhom