وَلَدَ bear in Arabic
وَلَدَ is how you say “bear” in Arabic.
Root و ل د w-l-d. verb (form I). walada.
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Meaning of bear in Arabic
- to give birth to, bear (a child or young) said of a woman, a mother, or any female animal bringing forth offspring
- to beget, father (a child) said of the male parent
- to produce, yield used tropically, e.g. of land yielding a crop, or of nights bringing forth events
Example sentence
قالَت يا وَيلتا أألِدُ وأنا عَجوزُ
She said, 'Woe is me, will I give birth while I am an old woman?'
أَأَلِدُ will I give birth
This is a present-tense verb meaning 'I give birth' with a question-marker fused to its front, turning it into 'will I give birth?'. The 'I' subject is built into the verb, and the prefixed question-particle is what makes the whole word an astonished query.
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How it is used
وَلَدَ takes the feminine form وَلَدَتْ for a female subject (she bore, brought forth), which is the form most often cited. Beyond literal childbirth, it is also used tropically of land producing a crop or of time bringing forth events.
Words from the same root
- وَلَدٌ child, son or daughter; offspring, young
- وَالِدٌ parent, father; one who begets
- مَوْلُودٌ a newborn; one who has been born
- مِيلَادٌ birth
- وَلِيدٌ a new-born child, a young infant
- تَوَلَّدَ to be generated or produced; to originate from something
- وَلُودٌ prolific; one that breeds or bears plentifully
- لِدَةٌ one born at the same time as another; a coeval
More example sentences
قَالَ أَنْ تَلِدَ الْأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا، وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ
He said, 'That a slave woman will give birth to her mistress, and that you will see barefoot, unclothed, destitute shepherds competing in erecting tall buildings.'
تَلِدَ will give birth to
A present-tense verb 'she gives birth' pushed into the subjunctive by the preceding particle, shown in its ending. It is third-person feminine, matching the female subject that follows. Its altered ending is the mark of the 'that...'-clause it belongs to.
Common questions
- How do you say "bear" in Arabic?
- وَلَدَ (walada) - to bear or give birth to a child; the feminine form وَلَدَتْ (she bore) is the most commonly cited form.
- What does the root و-ل-د mean?
- It carries the sense of giving birth or begetting, and underlies related words such as وَلَدٌ (child), وَالِدٌ (parent), and مِيلَادٌ (birth).
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).