ولد
Algerian Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic وَلَد (walad).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɪld/
Noun
ولد (weld) m (plural ولاد (wulād))
- son
- boy
- child
Arabic
Root |
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و ل د (w-l-d) |
Etymology 1
From Proto-Semitic *walad-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒅇𒌅 (walādum), Aramaic יְלַד (yəlaḏ), Classical Syriac ܝܠܕ (ilaḏ), Hebrew יָלַד (yālaḏ) and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎍𐎄 (yld).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa.la.da/
Verb
وَلَدَ • (walada) I, non-past يَلِدُ (yalidu)
- 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 walam yūlad
- He neither begets nor is born,
- to produce, to bring forth
Conjugation
verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر | وِلَادَة or لِدَة or مَوْلِد wilāda or lida or mawlid | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | وَالِد wālid | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول | مَوْلُود mawlūd | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | وَلَدْتُ waladtu | وَلَدْتَ waladta | وَلَدَ walada | وَلَدْتُمَا waladtumā | وَلَدَا waladā | وَلَدْنَا waladnā | وَلَدْتُمْ waladtum | وَلَدُوا waladū | |||
f | وَلَدْتِ waladti | وَلَدَتْ waladat | وَلَدَتَا waladatā | وَلَدْتُنَّ waladtunna | وَلَدْنَ waladna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أَلِدُ ʾalidu | تَلِدُ talidu | يَلِدُ yalidu | تَلِدَانِ talidāni | يَلِدَانِ yalidāni | نَلِدُ nalidu | تَلِدُونَ talidūna | يَلِدُونَ yalidūna | |||
f | تَلِدِينَ talidīna | تَلِدُ talidu | تَلِدَانِ talidāni | تَلِدْنَ talidna | يَلِدْنَ yalidna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أَلِدَ ʾalida | تَلِدَ talida | يَلِدَ yalida | تَلِدَا talidā | يَلِدَا yalidā | نَلِدَ nalida | تَلِدُوا talidū | يَلِدُوا yalidū | |||
f | تَلِدِي talidī | تَلِدَ talida | تَلِدَا talidā | تَلِدْنَ talidna | يَلِدْنَ yalidna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أَلِدْ ʾalid | تَلِدْ talid | يَلِدْ yalid | تَلِدَا talidā | يَلِدَا yalidā | نَلِدْ nalid | تَلِدُوا talidū | يَلِدُوا yalidū | |||
f | تَلِدِي talidī | تَلِدْ talid | تَلِدَا talidā | تَلِدْنَ talidna | يَلِدْنَ yalidna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر | m | لِدْ lid | لِدَا lidā | لِدُوا lidū | ||||||||
f | لِدِي lidī | لِدْنَ lidna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | وُلِدْتُ wulidtu | وُلِدْتَ wulidta | وُلِدَ wulida | وُلِدْتُمَا wulidtumā | وُلِدَا wulidā | وُلِدْنَا wulidnā | وُلِدْتُمْ wulidtum | وُلِدُوا wulidū | |||
f | وُلِدْتِ wulidti | وُلِدَتْ wulidat | وُلِدَتَا wulidatā | وُلِدْتُنَّ wulidtunna | وُلِدْنَ wulidna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أُولَدُ ʾūladu | تُولَدُ tūladu | يُولَدُ yūladu | تُولَدَانِ tūladāni | يُولَدَانِ yūladāni | نُولَدُ nūladu | تُولَدُونَ tūladūna | يُولَدُونَ yūladūna | |||
f | تُولَدِينَ tūladīna | تُولَدُ tūladu | تُولَدَانِ tūladāni | تُولَدْنَ tūladna | يُولَدْنَ yūladna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أُولَدَ ʾūlada | تُولَدَ tūlada | يُولَدَ yūlada | تُولَدَا tūladā | يُولَدَا yūladā | نُولَدَ nūlada | تُولَدُوا tūladū | يُولَدُوا yūladū | |||
f | تُولَدِي tūladī | تُولَدَ tūlada | تُولَدَا tūladā | تُولَدْنَ tūladna | يُولَدْنَ yūladna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أُولَدْ ʾūlad | تُولَدْ tūlad | يُولَدْ yūlad | تُولَدَا tūladā | يُولَدَا yūladā | نُولَدْ nūlad | تُولَدُوا tūladū | يُولَدُوا yūladū | |||
f | تُولَدِي tūladī | تُولَدْ tūlad | تُولَدَا tūladā | تُولَدْنَ tūladna | يُولَدْنَ yūladna |
Related terms
- وَلَّدَ (wallada, “to assist in childbirth, to generate”)
- أَوْلَدَ (ʾawlada, “to cause to give birth”)
- تَوَلَّدَ (tawallada, “to be born”)
- تَوَالَدَ (tawālada, “to propagate”)
- اِتَّلَدَ (ittalada, “to be born”)
- اِسْتَوْلَدَ (istawlada, “to wish to have children from a woman”)
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)
- to assist in childbirth (as a midwife)
- to make children to, to cause to give birth
- to rear, to educate, to bring up
- to innovate, to originate, to generate, to produce
- to give birth
- to derive (a word)
Conjugation
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر | تَوْلِيد tawlīd | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل | مُوَلِّد muwallid | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول | مُوَلَّد muwallad | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | وَلَّدْتُ walladtu | وَلَّدْتَ walladta | وَلَّدَ wallada | وَلَّدْتُمَا walladtumā | وَلَّدَا walladā | وَلَّدْنَا walladnā | وَلَّدْتُمْ walladtum | وَلَّدُوا walladū | |||
f | وَلَّدْتِ walladti | وَلَّدَتْ walladat | وَلَّدَتَا walladatā | وَلَّدْتُنَّ walladtunna | وَلَّدْنَ walladna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أُوَلِّدُ ʾuwallidu | تُوَلِّدُ tuwallidu | يُوَلِّدُ yuwallidu | تُوَلِّدَانِ tuwallidāni | يُوَلِّدَانِ yuwallidāni | نُوَلِّدُ nuwallidu | تُوَلِّدُونَ tuwallidūna | يُوَلِّدُونَ yuwallidūna | |||
f | تُوَلِّدِينَ tuwallidīna | تُوَلِّدُ tuwallidu | تُوَلِّدَانِ tuwallidāni | تُوَلِّدْنَ tuwallidna | يُوَلِّدْنَ yuwallidna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أُوَلِّدَ ʾuwallida | تُوَلِّدَ tuwallida | يُوَلِّدَ yuwallida | تُوَلِّدَا tuwallidā | يُوَلِّدَا yuwallidā | نُوَلِّدَ nuwallida | تُوَلِّدُوا tuwallidū | يُوَلِّدُوا yuwallidū | |||
f | تُوَلِّدِي tuwallidī | تُوَلِّدَ tuwallida | تُوَلِّدَا tuwallidā | تُوَلِّدْنَ tuwallidna | يُوَلِّدْنَ yuwallidna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أُوَلِّدْ ʾuwallid | تُوَلِّدْ tuwallid | يُوَلِّدْ yuwallid | تُوَلِّدَا tuwallidā | يُوَلِّدَا yuwallidā | نُوَلِّدْ nuwallid | تُوَلِّدُوا tuwallidū | يُوَلِّدُوا yuwallidū | |||
f | تُوَلِّدِي tuwallidī | تُوَلِّدْ tuwallid | تُوَلِّدَا tuwallidā | تُوَلِّدْنَ tuwallidna | يُوَلِّدْنَ yuwallidna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر | m | وَلِّدْ wallid | وَلِّدَا wallidā | وَلِّدُوا wallidū | ||||||||
f | وَلِّدِي wallidī | وَلِّدْنَ wallidna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد | dual الْمُثَنَّى | plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم | 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب | 3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي | m | وُلِّدْتُ wullidtu | وُلِّدْتَ wullidta | وُلِّدَ wullida | وُلِّدْتُمَا wullidtumā | وُلِّدَا wullidā | وُلِّدْنَا wullidnā | وُلِّدْتُمْ wullidtum | وُلِّدُوا wullidū | |||
f | وُلِّدْتِ wullidti | وُلِّدَتْ wullidat | وُلِّدَتَا wullidatā | وُلِّدْتُنَّ wullidtunna | وُلِّدْنَ wullidna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع | m | أُوَلَّدُ ʾuwalladu | تُوَلَّدُ tuwalladu | يُوَلَّدُ yuwalladu | تُوَلَّدَانِ tuwalladāni | يُوَلَّدَانِ yuwalladāni | نُوَلَّدُ nuwalladu | تُوَلَّدُونَ tuwalladūna | يُوَلَّدُونَ yuwalladūna | |||
f | تُوَلَّدِينَ tuwalladīna | تُوَلَّدُ tuwalladu | تُوَلَّدَانِ tuwalladāni | تُوَلَّدْنَ tuwalladna | يُوَلَّدْنَ yuwalladna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب | m | أُوَلَّدَ ʾuwallada | تُوَلَّدَ tuwallada | يُوَلَّدَ yuwallada | تُوَلَّدَا tuwalladā | يُوَلَّدَا yuwalladā | نُوَلَّدَ nuwallada | تُوَلَّدُوا tuwalladū | يُوَلَّدُوا yuwalladū | |||
f | تُوَلَّدِي tuwalladī | تُوَلَّدَ tuwallada | تُوَلَّدَا tuwalladā | تُوَلَّدْنَ tuwalladna | يُوَلَّدْنَ yuwalladna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم | m | أُوَلَّدْ ʾuwallad | تُوَلَّدْ tuwallad | يُوَلَّدْ yuwallad | تُوَلَّدَا tuwalladā | يُوَلَّدَا yuwalladā | نُوَلَّدْ nuwallad | تُوَلَّدُوا tuwalladū | يُوَلَّدُوا yuwalladū | |||
f | تُوَلَّدِي tuwalladī | تُوَلَّدْ tuwallad | تُوَلَّدَا tuwalladā | تُوَلَّدْنَ tuwalladna | يُوَلَّدْنَ yuwalladna |
Related terms
- وَلَدَ (walada, “to give birth”)
- أَوْلَدَ (ʾawlada, “to cause to give birth”)
- تَوَلَّدَ (tawallada, “to be born”)
- تَوَالَدَ (tawālada, “to propagate”)
- اِتَّلَدَ (ittalada, “to be born”)
- اِسْتَوْلَدَ (istawlada, “to wish to have children from a woman”)
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “ولد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ولد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
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))
- child (“son or daughter of any age”)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:31:
- وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا
- walā taqtulū ʾawlādakum ḵašyata ʾimlāqin naḥnu narzuquhum wa-ʾiyyākum ʾinna qatlahum kāna ḵiṭʾan 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.
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- (collective) offspring, issue
- (colloquial) boy
- (colloquial) son
Declension
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | وَلَد walad | الْوَلَد al-walad | وَلَد walad |
Nominative | وَلَدٌ waladun | الْوَلَدُ al-waladu | وَلَدُ waladu |
Accusative | وَلَدًا waladan | الْوَلَدَ al-walada | وَلَدَ walada |
Genitive | وَلَدٍ waladin | الْوَلَدِ al-waladi | وَلَدِ waladi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | وَلَدَيْن waladayn | الْوَلَدَيْن al-waladayn | وَلَدَيْ waladay |
Nominative | وَلَدَانِ waladāni | الْوَلَدَانِ al-waladāni | وَلَدَا waladā |
Accusative | وَلَدَيْنِ waladayni | الْوَلَدَيْنِ al-waladayni | وَلَدَيْ waladay |
Genitive | وَلَدَيْنِ waladayni | الْوَلَدَيْنِ al-waladayni | وَلَدَيْ waladay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَوْلَاد; وُلْد; وِلْدَان; وِلْدَة ʾawlād; wuld; wildān; wilda | الْأَوْلَاد; الْوُلْد; الْوِلْدَان; الْوِلْدَة al-ʾawlād; al-wuld; al-wildān; al-wilda | أَوْلَاد; وُلْد; وِلْدَان; وِلْدَة ʾawlād; wuld; wildān; wildat |
Nominative | أَوْلَادٌ; وُلْدٌ; وِلْدَانٌ; وِلْدَةٌ ʾawlādun; wuldun; wildānun; wildatun | الْأَوْلَادُ; الْوُلْدُ; الْوِلْدَانُ; الْوِلْدَةُ al-ʾawlādu; al-wuldu; al-wildānu; al-wildatu | أَوْلَادُ; وُلْدُ; وِلْدَانُ; وِلْدَةُ ʾawlādu; wuldu; wildānu; wildatu |
Accusative | أَوْلَادًا; وُلْدًا; وِلْدَانًا; وِلْدَةً ʾawlādan; wuldan; wildānan; wildatan | الْأَوْلَادَ; الْوُلْدَ; الْوِلْدَانَ; الْوِلْدَةَ al-ʾawlāda; al-wulda; al-wildāna; al-wildata | أَوْلَادَ; وُلْدَ; وِلْدَانَ; وِلْدَةَ ʾawlāda; wulda; wildāna; wildata |
Genitive | أَوْلَادٍ; وُلْدٍ; وِلْدَانٍ; وِلْدَةٍ ʾawlādin; wuldin; wildānin; wildatin | الْأَوْلَادِ; الْوُلْدِ; الْوِلْدَانِ; الْوِلْدَةِ al-ʾawlādi; al-wuldi; al-wildāni; al-wildati | أَوْلَادِ; وُلْدِ; وِلْدَانِ; وِلْدَةِ ʾawlādi; wuldi; wildāni; wildati |
Descendants
- Maltese: wild
- → Azerbaijani: vələd
- → Bengali: ওলদ (olôdô)
- → Turkish: velet
- → Uzbek: valad
(via plural form أَوْلَاد (ʾawlād))
- → Azerbaijani: övlad
- → Bengali: আওলাদ (aolad)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: औलाद (aulād)
- Urdu: اولاد (aulād)
- → Kazakh: әулет (äulet)
- → Ottoman Turkish: اولاد
- Turkish: evlat
- → Persian: اولاد (owlâd)
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਔਲਾਦ (aulād)
- Shahmukhi: اولاد (aulād)
- → Turkmen: öwlat
- → Uzbek: avlod
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
- IPA(key): [wulː]
Prefix
ولد (wull)
- son (of)
References
- 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”))'
Moroccan Arabic
Root |
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و ل د |
1 term |
Etymology
From Arabic وَلَد (walad).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wuld/, /wald/
Audio (file) Audio (file)
Noun
ولد • (wuld, wald) m (plural ولاد (wlād))
- boy
- Synonyms: طفل (tafl), عايل (ʕāyil)
- son
- Synonym: بن (ben)
- (in the plural) children
North Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic وَلَد (walad).
Noun
ولد • (walad) m (plural ولاد (wlēd) or صِبيان (ṣibyān) or صُبيان (ṣubyān))
- 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
- ابن (ibin)
- بنت (bint)
- شب (šabb)
- صبيه (ṣabīye)
- طفل (ṭifil, ṭufil)
South Levantine Arabic
Root |
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و ل د |
Etymology 1
From Arabic وَلِدَ (walida).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wi.lid/, [ˈwi.lɪd]
Audio (al-Lidd) (file)
Verb
ولد • (wilid) (form I, present بولد (būlad))
- to give birth
Conjugation
Conjugation of ولد (wilid) | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | ولدت (wlidt) | ولدت (wlidt) | ولد (wilid) | ولدنا (wlidna) | ولدتو (wlidtu) | ولدو (wildu) | |
f | ولدتي (wlidti) | ولدت (wildat) | ||||||
present | m | بولد (bawlad) | بتولد (btūlad) | بيولد (būlad) | منولد (mnūlad) | بتولدو (btūladu) | بيولدو (būladu) | |
f | بتولدي (btūladi) | بتولد (btūlad) | ||||||
subjunctive | m | اولد (awlad) | تولد (tūlad) | يولد (yūlad) | نولد (nūlad) | تولدو (tūladu) | يولدو (yūladu) | |
f | تولدي (tūladi) | تولد (tūlad) | ||||||
imperative | m | اولد (ūlad) | اولدو (ūladu) | |||||
f | اولدي (ūladi) |
Etymology 2
From Arabic وَلَد (walad).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa.lad/, [ˈwa.lad]
Audio (Jerusalem) (file)
Noun
ولد • (walad) m (plural ولاد (wlād) or أولاد (ʔawlād))
- boy, kid, child
- هادولد جديد بصفّي.
- hād walad jdīd bi-ṣaffi
- This is a new kid in my class.
- son
- Synonym: ابن (ibn)
See also
- طفل (ṭifl, “young child, toddler”)
- صبي (ṣabi, “boy, young man”)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وَلَد (walad).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʋə.ləd̪/
Noun
وَلَد • (valad) m (Hindi spelling वलद)
- son
- Synonyms: بیٹا (beṭā), فرزند (farzand)
- offspring
- Synonym: اولاد (olād)
- boy
- Synonym: لڑکا (laṛkā)
References
- “ولد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ولد”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.