A1noun
وَلَدٌ
waladun
boy / child
Example
الْوَلَدُ يَلْعَبُ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ.
al-waladu yalʿabu fī al-ḥadīqati.
The boy plays in the garden.
Grammar
Plural: awlād (أَوْلَادٌ). Root w-l-d gives: wālid (father), wālida (mother), mīlād (birth).
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Arabic root
و-ل-د
Waw-Lam-Dal
6 words from this root family
About this root
Waw-Lam-Dal (و-ل-د) has 6 words in the Fahm dictionary: waladun (boy / child), wālid (father (formal)), wālida (mother (formal)), wālidān (parents), and 2 more.
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 102 times in 80 verses, across 39 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:83. The form وَلَدٌ (boy / child) accounts for 56 of them.
Words from this root
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
وَلَدٌ waladun | boy / child | noun, A1 | 56× | Nature, People & The World Around Us |
وَالِد wālid | father (formal) | noun, A1 | 14× | Immediate Family |
وَالِدَة wālida | mother (formal) | noun, A1 | 3× | Immediate Family |
وَالِدَان wālidān | parents | noun, A1 | Marriage & Relationships | |
أَوْلاد awlād | children / boys | noun, A1 | Marriage & Relationships | |
وُلِدَ wulida | to be born | verb, A1 | Action Verbs - Making & Creating |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
In the Quran
وَقَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَدًا ۗ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۖ بَل لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ كُلٌّ لَّهُۥ قَـٰنِتُونَAnd they say: Allah hath taken unto Himself a son. Be He glorified! Nay, but whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth is His. All are subservient unto Him.
كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ إِن تَرَكَ خَيْرًا ٱلْوَصِيَّةُ لِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُتَّقِينَIt is prescribed for you, when death approacheth one of you, if he leave wealth, that he bequeath unto parents and near relatives in kindness. (This is) a duty for all those who ward off (evil).
إِلَّا ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًاExcept the feeble among men, and the women, and the children, who are unable to devise a plan and are not shown a way.
Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).
Word cards with examples
A1noun
وَالِد
wālid
father (formal)
Example
وَالِدي مُعَلِّم
wālidī muʿallim
My father is a teacher
Grammar
Active participle of وَلَدَ (to give birth). More formal than أَب.
A1noun
وَالِدَة
wālida
mother (formal)
Example
وَالِدَتي طَبيبَة
wālidatī ṭabība
My mother is a doctor
Grammar
Feminine form of وَالِد. More formal than أُمّ.
A1noun
وَالِدَان
wālidān
parents
Example
وَالِدَيَّ يُحِبّاني كَثيراً
wālidayya yuḥibbānī kathīran
My parents love me very much
Grammar
Dual form of وَالِد. In the nominative: وَالِدَان (wālidān).
A1noun
أَوْلاد
awlād
children / boys
Example
عِندي ثَلاثَةُ أَوْلاد
ʿindī thalāthatu awlād
I have three children
Grammar
Plural of وَلَد. Can mean 'children' (both genders) or specifically 'boys'.
A1verb
وُلِدَ
wulida
to be born
Example
وُلِدتُ في عامِ ألفينِ
wulidtu fī ʿāmi alfayni
I was born in the year two thousand
Grammar
Passive of walada (Form I). Past: wulida, Present: yūladu. Usually used in passive voice.
Related roots
و-ع-د
وَعَدَ · to promise
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ب-ل-د
بَلَدٌ · country / town
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ع-ل-م
عِلْمٌ · knowledge / science
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س-ل-م
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ · peace be upon you (formal greeting)
Taught in the same lesson
ص-د-ق
صَدِيقٌ · friend
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ق-ب-ل
قَبْل · before
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