Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/walad-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵔⵡ (arw).

Verb

*walad-

1. to give birth

Conjugation

Conjugation of Proto-Semitic/walad- (paʕala)

verbal noun					*wald-
active participle					*wālid-
passive participle					*walīd-, *walūd-
		singular				dual				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	*waladku	*waladka	*walada		*waladkayā	*waladkā	*waladā		*waladna	*waladkanu	*waladū
	f		*waladki	*waladat				*waladatā			*waladkina	*waladā
imperfect	m	*ʔalid	*talid	*yilid		*talidā	*yalidā	*nilid		*talidū	*yilidū
	f		*talidī	*talid			*talidā			*talidā	*yilidā
imperative	m		*lid			*lidā				*lidū
	f		*lidī							*lidā

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒉿𒆷𒁺𒌝 (walādum)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: وَلَدَ (walada)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: יְלַד (yəlaḏ)
        • Mandaic: [script needed] (yḏl)
        • Classical Syriac: ܝܠܰܕ (yəlaḏ)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: יָלַד (yalád, yālaḏ)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎍𐎄 (yld /⁠yalada⁠/)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Ge'ez: ወልድ (wäld)