ילד
See also: י־ל־ד
Aramaic edit
Verb edit
ילד • (transliteration needed)
Hebrew edit
Root |
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י־ל־ד (y-l-d) |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *walad-. Compare Arabic وَلَد (walad, “child”), وَلَدَ (walada, “to give birth”), Ge'ez ወልድ (wäld, “child”).
Pronunciation edit
- (יֶלֶד, yéled):
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈje.led/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈjɛ.lɛð/
- (יָלַד, yalád):
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /jaˈlad/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /jɔ.ˈlað/
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Noun edit
יֶלֶד • (yéled) m (plural indefinite יְלָדִים, singular construct יֶלֶד־, plural construct יַלְדֵי־, feminine counterpart יַלְדָּה) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- A (male) child, a (male) kid, a boy: a young (male) person.
- (specifically) A son: a person's (male) offspring or occasionally, kin. (The exception in plural form is indicated below.)
- כמה ילדים יש לכם? ― káma y'ladím yesh lakhém? ― How many children do you have? (inclusive m. & f.)
- (derogatory) An immature adult; kid, child.
- (among children and teenagers) Used of a (male) peer of one's own age group.
- ילד מהכתה שלי ― yéled meihakitá shelí ― a boy from my class
Usage notes edit
- In colloquial Modern Hebrew, the plural יְלָדִים is used to refer to children of mixed or indifferent sex while בָּנִים is used to specify boys in plural term.
Declension edit
Declension of יֶלֶד
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | יֶלֶד | first | יַלְדִּי | יַלְדֵּנוּ | ||
definite | הַיֶּלֶד | second | יַלְדְּךָ | יַלְדֵּךְ | יַלְדְּכֶם | יַלְדְּכֶן | |
construct | יֶלֶד־ | third | יַלְדּוֹ | יַלְדָּהּ | יַלְדָּם | יַלְדָּן | |
plural | indefinite | יְלָדִים | first | ילדיי / יְלָדַי | יְלָדֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַיְּלָדִים | second | יְלָדֶיךָ | ילדייך / יְלָדַיִךְ | יַלְדֵיכֶם | יַלְדֵיכֶן | |
construct | יַלְדֵי־ | third | יְלָדָיו | יְלָדֶיהָ | יַלְדֵיהֶם | יַלְדֵיהֶן |
Derived terms edit
- גַּן יְלָדִים (gán y'ladím)
References edit
Verb edit
יָלַד • (yalád) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נוֹלַד)
- (of a woman) to give birth ("to child"; beget a descendant).
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of יָלַד (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms | |||||
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finite forms | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
past | first | יָלַדְתִּי | יָלַדְנוּ | ||
second | יָלַדְתָּ | יָלַדְתְּ | יְלַדְתֶּם1 | יְלַדְתֶּן1 | |
third | יָלַד | יָלְדָה | יָלְדוּ | ||
present | יוֹלֵד | יוֹלֶדֶת | יוֹלְדִים | יוֹלְדוֹת | |
future | first | אֵלֵד | נֵלֵד | ||
second | תֵּלֵד | תֵּלְדִי | תֵּלְדוּ | תֵּלֵדְנָה2 | |
third | יֵלֵד | תֵּלֵד | יֵלְדוּ | תֵּלֵדְנָה2 | |
imperative | לֵד | לְדִי | לְדוּ | לֵדְנָה2 | |
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