Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܘ ܠ ܕ (w l d)
9 terms

Etymology edit

From Aramaic מַוְלָדָא (mawlāḏā); related to Arabic مَوْلِد (mawlid), مِيلَاد (mīlād) and Hebrew מוֹלָד (molád).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mɑw.lɑːðɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [moːlɑːdɑː]

Noun edit

ܡܵܘܠܵܕ݂ܵܐ (māwlāḏām (plural ܡܵܘܠܵܕ݂ܹ̈ܐ (māwlāḏē))

  1. birth, nativity (instance of childbirth and beginning of life)

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܘ-ܠ-ܕ (w-l-d) related to bearing children. Compare Arabic مَوْلِد (mawlid) and Hebrew מוֹלָד (môlāḏ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [mawlɑðɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mawlɑðe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܡܘܠܕܐ (mawlāḏām (plural ܡܘܠܕܐ (mawlāḏē))

  1. birth, nativity
  2. travail, parturition, childbirth, delivery
  3. producing, bringing forth
  4. generation
  5. lengthening, prolonging
  6. beginning, commencement
  7. (astronomy) new moon

Inflection edit

References edit

  • mwld”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 141a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 257b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 725a