Arabic edit

Root
و ل د (w-l-d)

Etymology 1 edit

Related to Hebrew יָלִיד (yalíd).

Noun edit

وَلِيد (walīdm (plural وَلَائِد (walāʔid) or وِلْدَان (wildān) or وِلْدَة (wilda), feminine وَلِيدَة (walīda))

  1. newborn child, baby
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 73:17:
      فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ شِيبًا
      fakayfa tattaqūna ʔin kafartum yawman yajʕalu al-wildāna šīban
      So if you disbelieve, how can you guard yourselves against a Day that will turn children’s hair grey,
  2. (with following genitive) the product of, the result of, occasioned by, engendered by, sprung from
Declension edit

Adjective edit

وَلِيد (walīd) (feminine وَلِيدَة (walīda), masculine plural وَلَائِد (walāʔid) or وِلْدَان (wildān) or وِلْدَة (wilda), feminine plural وَلَائِد (walāʔid))

  1. young, new
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Diminutive of وَلَد (walad).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

وُلَيْد (wulaydm

  1. a small boy
Declension edit

Chadian Arabic edit

Root
و ل د
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic وُلَيْد (wulayd).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

وليد (wilēdm (plural ولاد)

  1. son

References edit

  • Judith Heath, compiler (2016), Chadian Arabic - English Lexicon[1], N'Djamena, Chad: Association SIL, page 189