Arabic vocabulary
تَوَلَّدَarise in Arabic
تَوَلَّدَ is how you say “arise” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
Root و ل د (w-l-d)verb (form V)Pronounced tawallada
Meaning of arise in Arabic
- to be generated, engendered, or produced; to originate from something — figurative use — said of one thing arising out of another, e.g. تولّد الشيء من الشيء
- to arise, spring up, come about — used of an abstract state or feeling emerging among people, e.g. party-spirit arising among them
Form V of و ل د, tawallada extends the root's literal sense of 'giving birth' into a figurative one: something being generated or arising from a cause, whether a physical product coming from a source or an abstract state (like party-spirit) springing up among people. It describes the result of generation rather than the act of bearing offspring itself, which belongs to the form I verb وَلَدَ.
Words from the same root
- وَلَدَto give birth to, bring forth; to beget (form I)
- وَلَّدَto assist in childbirth, deliver; to rear/educate; also to originate a saying or story (form II)
- أَوْلَدَto reach the time of giving birth; to be about to bring forth (form IV)
- تَوَالَدُواto multiply and beget one another, to propagate (form VI)
- وَلَدٌchild, son/daughter, offspring, young one
- وَلِيدٌa newborn child, young infant
- وَلُودٌprolific; one that breeds or brings forth plentifully
- مِيلَادٌbirth, nativity
Common questions
- How do you say "arise" in Arabic?
- تَوَلَّدَ (tawallada) — literally 'to be generated,' used of something originating or springing up from a cause.
- What is the root of تَوَلَّدَ and how does it relate to وَلَدٌ ("child")?
- Both come from the root و ل د (w-l-d), the same root as وَلَدَ 'to give birth' and وَلَدٌ 'child'; تَوَلَّدَ (form V) figuratively applies that root sense of 'birth' to abstract things being generated or arising.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
تتولّد من الْمعْصِيَة والغفلة عَن ذكر الله
They arise from sin and neglect of the remembrance of Allah.
تَتَوَلَّدُ — they arise. Present-tense verb 'are generated, arise'; the built-in subject 'they' refers to the states just listed.
From: Returning to God →كَمَا يتولّد الزَّرْع عَن المَاء والإحراق عَن النَّار
Just as crops arise from water and burning from fire.
يَتَوَلَّدُ — arise. Present-tense verb 'is generated, arises'; the 'ya-' prefix marks the 'he/it' subject.
From: Returning to God →وأضداد هَذِه تتولّد عَن الطَّاعَة
And the opposites of these arise from obedience.
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