ילד

See also: י־ל־ד

Aramaic

ילד • (transliteration needed)

Root
י־ל־ד (y-l-d)

From Proto-Semitic *walad-. Compare Arabic وَلَد (walad, “child”), وَلَدَ (walada, “to give birth”), Ge'ez ወልድ (wäld, “child”).

(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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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 human).
(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

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 of יֶלֶד

יָלַד • (yalád) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נוֹלַד)

Conjugation of יָלַד (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לָלֶדֶת action noun: יְלִידָה passive participle: יָלוּד
finite forms		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
notes		Pronounced יָלַדְתֶּם and יָלַדְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.