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 • (yéled) m (plural indefinite יְלָדִים, singular construct יֶלֶד־, plural construct יַלְדֵי־, feminine counterpart יַלְדָּה)

  1. A (male) child, a (male) kid, a boy (a young male human).
  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 שלי ― yéled meihakitá shelí ― a boy from my class

Usage notes

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Verb

יָלַד • (yalád) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נוֹלַד)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of יָלַד (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first יָלַדְתִּי יָלַדְנוּ
second יָלַדְתָּ יָלַדְתְּ יְלַדְתֶּם1 יְלַדְתֶּן1
third יָלַד יָלְדָה יָלְדוּ
present יוֹלֵד יוֹלֶדֶת יוֹלְדִים יוֹלְדוֹת
future first אֵלֵד נֵלֵד
second תֵּלֵד תֵּלְדִי תֵּלְדוּ תֵּלֵדְנָה2
third יֵלֵד תֵּלֵד יֵלְדוּ תֵּלֵדְנָה2
imperative לֵד לְדִי לְדוּ לֵדְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced יָלַדְתֶּם and יָלַדְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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