ܡܘܠܕܐ

From Aramaic מַוְלָדָא (mawlāḏā); related to Arabic مَوْلِد (mawlid), مِيلَاد (mīlād) and Hebrew מוֹלָד (molád).

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ܡܲܘܠܵܕ݂ܵܐ • (mawlāḏā) m (plural ܡܲܘܠܵܕ݂ܹ̈ܐ (mawlāḏē))

1. birth, nativity (instance of childbirth and beginning of life)

• ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡ ܡܲܘܠܵܕܵܐ (sēqōm mawlādā, “date of birth”)
• ܝܘܿܡ ܡܲܘܠܵܕܵܐ (yōm mawlādā, “day of birth”)
• ܥܹܐܕ݂ ܡܲܘܠܵܕܵܐ (ˁēḏ mawlādā, “birthday”)
• ܥܹܐܕ݂ܵܐ ܕܡܲܘܠܵܕ݂ܵܐ (ˁēḏā d-mawlāḏā, “Christmas”)

ܡܲܘܠܵܕ݂ܵܐ • (mawlāḏā) m

1. a male given name

From the root ܘ-ܠ-ܕ (w-l-d) related to bearing children. Compare Arabic مَوْلِد (mawlid) and Hebrew מוֹלָד (môlāḏ).

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ܡܘܠܕܐ • (mawlāḏā) m (plural ܡܘܠܕܐ (mawlāḏē))

1. birth, nativity
2. travail, parturition, childbirth, delivery
3. producing, bringing forth
4. generation
5. lengthening, prolonging
6. beginning, commencement
7. (astronomy) new moon

• “mwld”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 141a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 257b
• 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, p. 725a