ulied

Maltese

Alternative forms

• wlied (after a vowel)

Etymology

From Arabic أَوْلاد (ʔawlād), plural of وَلَد (walad), whence Maltese wild (“progeny”), of which ulied does not anymore function as a plural, however.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈlɪːt/

Noun

ulied

1. one's children; offspring
   1. plural of iben (“son”)
   2. plural of bint (“daughter”)

Usage notes

• In order to specify sex in the plural, the appositions subien (“boys”) and bniet (“girls”) are used; see these.

Inflection

Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
	m	f
1st person	uliedi		uliedna
2nd person	uliedek		uliedkom
3rd person	uliedu	uliedha	uliedhom