ولد

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Algerian Arabic

Pronunciation

Noun

ولد (weldm (plural ولاد (ulād))

  1. son
  2. boy, child

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root و ل د (w-l-d), from Proto-Semitic *walad-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒅇𒌅 (walādum), Aramaic יְלַד (yəlaḏ), Classical Syriac ܝܠܕ (ilaḏ), Hebrew יָלַד (yālaḏ) and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎍𐎄 (yld).

Pronunciation

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
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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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
Related terms
References

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. child (of either gender)
  2. (collective) children, offspring
  3. (colloquial) boy
  4. (colloquial) son
Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: övlad
  • Turkish: evlat

References

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

Hassaniya

Etymology

Standard Arabic وَلَد (walad, son of)[1]

Pronunciation

Prefix

ولد (wull)

  1. son (of)

References

  1. ^ apptek.com "Solving the Problem of Traditional Approaches to Name Matching" 'The North African Arabic prefix Ow, a variant of Ould (which comes from Arabic وَلَد (walad, son of))'

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَلَد (walad).

Noun

ولد (waladm (plural ولاد (wlēd) or صبيان (ṣibyān, ṣubyān))

  1. boy

Usage notes

  • The plural ولاد (wlēd) can mean “boys” specifically, but also “children” in general. The alternative plural is used to explicitly specify the masculine.

See also