وليد

Arabic

Root
و ل د (w-l-d)

Etymology 1

Related to Hebrew יָלִיד (yalíd).

Noun

وَلِيد • (walīd) m (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

Adjective

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

  1. young, new
Declension

Etymology 2

Diminutive of وَلَد (walad).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wu.lajd/

Noun

وُلَيْد • (wulayd) m

  1. a small boy
Declension

Chadian Arabic

Root
و ل د
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وُلَيْد (wulayd).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

وليد • (wilēd) m (plural ولاد)

  1. son

References

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