ولد

العربية

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ولد¹

  • /wa.la.da/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *walad-.

verb وَلَدَ · walada · يَلِدُ · وِلَادَة · لِدَة · مَوْلِد

  1. to bear, to beget وُلِدْتُ فِي مَدِينَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ.
  2. to produce, to bring forth

ولد²

  • /wal.la.da/

Where it comes from

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

verb وَلَّدَ · wallada · يُوَلِّدُ · تَوْلِيد · مُوَلِّد

  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 وَجَمَالُ ٱلْأَشْخَاصِ هُوَ أَمْرٌ يُؤَثِّرُ بِٱلْمَشَاعِرِ وَيُوَلِّدُ ٱلْإنْجِذَابَ نَحْوَ الْآخَرِينَ.
  5. to give birth to
  6. to derive (a word)

ولد³

  • /wa.lad/

Where it comes from

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

noun وَلَد · walad · أَوْلَاد · وُلْد · وِلْدَان · وِلْدَة

  1. child (“son or daughter of any age”) أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَلْعَبَ مَعَ أَوْلَادِكَ.
  2. collective offspring, issue
  3. colloquial boy
  4. colloquial son

In English

  • birth to give birth (to)
  • child son or daughter; someone's child
  • give birth produce new life
  • offspring singular offspring (male, female or sex unspecified)
  • be born come into existence through birth

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ولد},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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