ילד

Aramaic

Verb

ילד • (transliteration needed)

  1. to bear children
  2. to be born

Hebrew

Root
י־ל־ד (y-l-d)
14 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *walad-. Compare Arabic وَلَد (walad, “child”), وَلَدَ (walada, “to give birth”), Ge'ez ወልድ (wäld, “child”).

Pronunciation

  • (יֶלֶד, yéled):
    • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈje.led/
    • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈjɛ.lɛð/
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  • (יָלַד, yalád):

Noun

יֶלֶד • (yéled) m (plural indefinite יְלָדִים, singular construct יֶלֶד־, plural construct יַלְדֵי־, feminine counterpart יַלְדָּה) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. A (male) child, a (male) kid, a boy (a human male child).
  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

Declension

Declension of יֶלֶד
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite יֶלֶד first יַלְדִּי יַלְדֵּנוּ
definite הַיֶּלֶד second יַלְדְּךָ יַלְדֵּךְ יַלְדְּכֶם יַלְדְּכֶן
construct יֶלֶד־ third יַלְדּוֹ יַלְדָּהּ יַלְדָּם יַלְדָּן
plural indefinite יְלָדִים first ילדיי / יְלָדַי יְלָדֵינוּ
definite הַיְּלָדִים second יְלָדֶיךָ ילדייך / יְלָדַיִךְ יַלְדֵיכֶם יַלְדֵיכֶן
construct יַלְדֵי־ third יְלָדָיו יְלָדֶיהָ יַלְדֵיהֶם יַלְדֵיהֶן

Derived terms

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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 to-infinitive לָלֶדֶת
action noun יְלִידָה
passive participle יָלוּד
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

1 Pronounced יָלַדְתֶּם and יָלַדְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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