ילד

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See also: י־ל־ד

Aramaic

Verb

ילד (transliteration needed)

  1. to bear children
  2. to be born

Hebrew

Root
י־ל־ד (y-l-d)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

יֶלֶד (yéledm (plural indefinite יְלָדִים, singular construct יֶלֶד־, plural construct יַלְדֵי־, feminine counterpart יַלְדָּה)

  1. A (male) child, a (male) kid, a boy: a young (male) person.
  2. (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.)
  3. (derogatory) An immature adult; kid, child.
  4. (among children and teenagers) Used of a (male) peer of one's own age group.
    ילד מהכתה שליyéled meihakitá shelía boy from my class

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Verb

יָלַד (yalád) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נוֹלַד)

  1. (of a woman) to give birth ("to child"; beget a descendant).

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