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وَلَد
boy /ˈwa.lad/
nounA1#464 most common
Also: child, son, kid
Example sentences
هٰذا وَلَدٌ.
This is a boy.
الوَلَدُ يَلعَبُ في الحَديقةِ.
The boy is playing in the garden.
رَأَيتُ وَلَدًا صَغيرًا يَبكي أمامَ المَدرَسةِ.
I saw a small boy crying in front of the school.
كانَ الوَلَدُ يُساعِدُ والِدَهُ في الحَقلِ كُلَّ صَباحٍ قَبلَ المَدرَسةِ.
The boy used to help his father in the field every morning before school.
لَو لَم يَتَدَخَّلِ الوَلَدُ، لَكانَتِ المُشكِلةُ قَدِ ازدادَت سوءًا.
If the boy had not intervened, the problem would have gotten worse.
يَنظُرُ المُجتَمَعُ بِاحتِرامٍ بالِغٍ إلى الوَلَدِ الذي يَتَحَمَّلُ مَسؤوليّةَ إخوَتِهِ.
Society regards with deep respect the boy who takes on responsibility for his siblings.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | وَلَدٌ | أَولادٌ |
| Genitive | وَلَدٍ | أَولادٍ |
| Accusative | وَلَدًا | أَولادًا |
| Vocative | يا وَلَدُ | يا أَولادُ |
Word family
أولاد (awlād)children, boys (plural)
وَلَدَ (walada)to give birth, beget
والِد (wālid)father, parent
والِدة (wālida)mother
وِلادة (wilāda)birth
Etymology
The root w-l-d carries the idea of birth across the Semitic languages. In Arabic the verb walada means to give birth, and walad is the one born, a boy or child. Hebrew keeps the same sense in yeled, child, with an initial y where Arabic has w.
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