وِلَادَة
birth
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Also written ولد: وَلَدَ (to bear)
Highlights
Plural
أَوْلَاد
Other plurals
وُلْد، وِلْدَان، وِلْدَة
Most common words from the same root
وَلَد in English
Noun · masculine
- child (“son or daughter of any age”)
أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَلْعَبَ مَعَ أَوْلَادِكَ.I want to play with your children.وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًاAnd do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:31
- offspring, issue collective
- boy colloquial
- son colloquial
Word origin
Compare Hebrew יֶלֶד (yéled), Ge'ez ወልድ (wäld).
Words from the root و-ل-د
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
وَلَدَ
· present يَلِدُ
Form I · The plain action
to bear, to beget; to produce, to bring forth
وَلَّدَ
· present يُوَلِّدُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to assist in childbirth (as a midwife); to make children to, to cause to give birth; to rear, to educate, to bring up
تَوْلِيد
مُوَلِّد
begetter
مُوَلِّد
generator
مُوَلَّد
neologism
مُوَلَّد
born
أَوْلَدَ
· present يُولِدُ
Form IV · Causative
to be about to give birth; to make children to, to cause to give birth
إِيلَاد
مُولِد
مُولَد
تَوَلَّدَ
· present يَتَوَلَّدُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to be born, to originate; to be derived, to be deduced, to result from; to be created, to come to light
تَوَلُّد
genesis
مُتَوَلِّد
وَلَد: plural and other forms
| Singular | وَلَد |
|---|---|
| Plural | أَوْلَاد |
| Alternative plurals | وُلْد، وِلْدَان، وِلْدَة |
وَلَد in a sentence
Dictionary examples
child
أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَلْعَبَ مَعَ أَوْلَادِكَ.I want to play with your children.
child
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًاAnd do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:31
From a fully vowelled text
وَلاَ أَرْحَمُ أَوْلاَدَهَا لأَنَّهُمْ أَوْلاَدُ زِنًى.And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.Hosea 2:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَدَعَا يَسُوعُ إِلَيْهِ وَلَدًا وَأَقَامَهُ فِي وَسْطِهِمْAnd Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,Matthew 18:2, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْكِ أَوْلاَدُ أُخْتِكِ الْمُخْتَارَةِ. آمِينَ.The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.2 John 1:13, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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