أَأَلِدُwill I give birth

Example sentences

• قَالَتْ يَا وَيْلَتَا أَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا عَجُوزُ

  She said, "Alas, will I give birth while I am old?"

  أألِدُ — will I give birth. A present-tense verb meaning roughly 'I bear/give birth', fronted by a question marker fused onto it so the whole thing reads as an incredulous question. The 'I' is built into the verb's prefix, not added as a separate pronoun.

  From: On Birth and Its Timing →