ילד

See also: י־ל־ד

Aramaic

Verb

ילד • (transliteration needed)

  1. to bear children
  2. to be born

Hebrew
Root
י־ל־ד (y-l-d)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 young (male) person.
  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
NumberIsolated formsWith possessive pronouns
StateFormPersonsingularplural
m.f.m.f.
singularindefinite יֶלֶד first יַלְדִּייַלְדֵּנוּ
definite הַיֶּלֶד second יַלְדְּךָיַלְדֵּךְיַלְדְּכֶםיַלְדְּכֶן
construct יֶלֶד־ third יַלְדּוֹיַלְדָּהּיַלְדָּםיַלְדָּן
pluralindefinite יְלָדִים first ילדיי / יְלָדַייְלָדֵינוּ
definite הַיְּלָדִים second יְלָדֶיךָילדייך / יְלָדַיִךְיַלְדֵיכֶםיַלְדֵיכֶן
construct יַלְדֵי־ third יְלָדָיויְלָדֶיהָיַלְדֵיהֶםיַלְדֵיהֶן

Derived terms

References

Verb

יָלַד • (yalád) third-singular masculine past (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
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first יָלַדְתִּייָלַדְנוּ
second יָלַדְתָּיָלַדְתְּיְלַדְתֶּם1יְלַדְתֶּן1
third יָלַדיָלְדָהיָלְדוּ
present יוֹלֵדיוֹלֶדֶתיוֹלְדִיםיוֹלְדוֹת
future first אֵלֵדנֵלֵד
second תֵּלֵדתֵּלְדִיתֵּלְדוּתֵּלֵדְנָה2
third יֵלֵדתֵּלֵדיֵלְדוּתֵּלֵדְנָה2
imperative לֵדלְדִילְדוּלֵדְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced יָלַדְתֶּם and יָלַדְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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