ܝܠܕܐ

Borrowed from Arabic عِيَال (ʕiyāl, “children”). The form ܝܲܠܕܵܐ (yaldā) is a semantic matching with Classical Syriac, and may be considered a separate word as a learned borrowing from Classical Syriac. This written form displaced the early form ܐܝܵܠܵܐ (īyālā) written in early 17-18th century texts. This as such accounts for an initial /ʔ/ still maintained in some dialects, and has largely displaced the native ܝܲܠܘܼܕ݂ܵܐ (yalūḏā).

• (archaic) ܐܝܵܠܵܐ (īyālā)

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ܝܲܠܕܵܐ or ܝܵܠܵܕ݇ܐ • (yaldā or yālā) m (plural ܝܲܠܕܹ̈ܐ (yaldē), feminine ܝܲܠܕܬܵܐ (yaldtā))

1. a boy, male child

   ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܟܹܐ ܪܵܒ݂ܹܐ، ܝܲܠܕܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܐܹܫ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ. ― īman d-kē rāḇē, yaldā bit pāˀēš gaḇrā. ― When he grows up, the boy will become a man.

2. (in the plural) children, descendants, offspring, brood

   ܟܡܵܐ ܝܲܠܕܹ̈ܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ؟ ― kmā yaldē īṯ lāwḵōn? ― How many children do you have?

• The plural is used to refer to children or offspring of mixed or indifferent sex while ܒܢܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ (bnōnē) is used to specify male offspring.
• This word is masculine and refers to children of either sex. A feminine form does not exist in many dialects, but in some dialects the word ܝܲܠܕܬܵܐ (yaldtā) is used to refer to girls instead. Thus, in these dialects that employ a feminine form, the masculine singular form is strictly for a male child.

• ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ (brōnā, “son”), ܫܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (šaḇrā, “child”), ܥܠܲܝܡܵܐ (ˁlaymā, “youth”)

Inherited from Aramaic יַלְדָּא (yalədā), from Proto-Semitic *walad-; compare Arabic وَلَد (walad), Hebrew יֶלֶד (yéled) and Persian یلدا (yaldâ).

ܝܲܠܕܵܐ • (yaldā) m (plural ܝܲܠܕܹ̈ܐ (yaldē))

1. birth, childbirth, delivery, nativity

• ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܝܲܠܕܵܐ (bēṯ yaldā, “birthday, Christmas”)

ܝܲܠܕܵܐ • (yaldā) m

1. a male given name
2. a surname transferred from the given name

• ܝܲܠܕܘܿ (yaldō) (diminutive)

Borrowed from Persian يلدا, itself originally an Aramaic borrowing from the above term.

ܝܲܠܕܵܐ • (yaldā) f

1. Yalda (Iranian festival celebrated during the winter solstice)
2. a female given name, Yalda, from Persian

From Proto-Semitic *walad-. Compare Arabic وَلَد (walad) and Hebrew יֶלֶד (yéleḏ).

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ܝܠܕܐ • (yaldā) m (plural ܝܠܕܐ (yaldē))

1. birth, childbirth, delivery, nativity
2. birthday
3. (astrology) horoscope
4. offspring, brood
5. (in the plural) children, descendants
6. descent, generation
7. inhabitant, resident
8. produce, fruit
   • Peshitta, Matthew 26:29:

     ܐܡܪ ܐܢܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܕܝܢ: ܕܠܐ ܐܫܬܐ ܡܢ ܗܫܐ ܡܢ ܗܢܐ ܝܠܕܐ ܕܓܦܬܐ: ܥܕܡܐ ܠܝܘܡܐ ܕܒܗ ܐܫܬܝܘܗܝ ܥܡܟܘܢ ܚܕܬܐ. ܒܡܠܟܘܬܗ ܕܐܒܝ.

     ʾāmar nā ləḵōn dên, də-lā ʾeštē men hāšā men hānā yaldā ḏa-ḡəp̄ettā, ʿəḏammā lə-yawmā ḏə-ḇēh ʾeštīw ʿamḵōn ḥaṯā bə-malkūṯēh ḏə-ʾāḇ

     But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

• → Persian: یلدا (yaldâ)

• “yld”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-08
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 140b-141a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 192a
• 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, page 573a-b