A1noun
وَلَدٌ
waladun
boy / child
Example
الْوَلَدُ يَلْعَبُ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ.
al-waladu yalʿabu fī al-ḥadīqati.
The boy plays in the garden.
Grammar
Plural: awlād (أَوْلَادٌ). Root w-l-d gives: wālid (father), wālida (mother), mīlād (birth).
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Arabic root
و-ل-د
6 words from this root family
A1noun
وَالِد
wālid
father (formal)
Example
وَالِدي مُعَلِّم
wālidī muʿallim
My father is a teacher
Grammar
Active participle of وَلَدَ (to give birth). More formal than أَب.
A1noun
وَالِدَة
wālida
mother (formal)
Example
وَالِدَتي طَبيبَة
wālidatī ṭabība
My mother is a doctor
Grammar
Feminine form of وَالِد. More formal than أُمّ.
A1noun
وَالِدَان
wālidān
parents
Example
وَالِدَيَّ يُحِبّاني كَثيراً
wālidayya yuḥibbānī kathīran
My parents love me very much
Grammar
Dual form of وَالِد. In the nominative: وَالِدَان (wālidān).
A1noun
أَوْلاد
awlād
children / boys
Example
عِندي ثَلاثَةُ أَوْلاد
ʿindī thalāthatu awlād
I have three children
Grammar
Plural of وَلَد. Can mean 'children' (both genders) or specifically 'boys'.
A1verb
وُلِدَ
wulida
to be born
Example
وُلِدتُ في عامِ ألفينِ
wulidtu fī ʿāmi alfayni
I was born in the year two thousand
Grammar
Passive of walada (Form I). Past: wulida, Present: yūladu. Usually used in passive voice.