Arabic vocabulary
ولد is how you say “be born” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
ثم تضعُ جبينك حيثُ تواضعُ القلوب، فيولد من التسبيح خشوعٌ وعمل
Then you place your forehead where hearts show humility, and devotion and action are born from glorification.
فَيُولَدُ — and is born. 'so is born' — 'fa' of result plus a PASSIVE present. The inner-vowel shape marks the passive: devotion 'gets born', with no named begetter; the source is given by 'from' next.
From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →والولد يخلق من المائين جميعًا
And the child is created from both fluids.
وَالْوَلَدُ — And the child. wa- (and) on a noun made definite by al-, 'the child', the topic and subject of the passive verb that follows, hence the subject ending. The al- names the offspring generically.
From: Creating Life from Nothing →OpenArabic teaches words like ولد through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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