walad

For example, to say "this boy," add the definite noun al-walad (boy) to the demonstrative haadhaa (this; M); because demonstratives always come before the nouns they identify, the resulting phrase is haadhaa al-walad.

Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006

For example, hiya al-bint means "She is the girl," and huwa al-walad means "He is the boy."

Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006

Similarly, huwa walad (hoo-wah wah-lad) means "He is a boy."

Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006

In English transcription, which I use in this book, it's simply represented by the letter "a," as in the words kalb (kah-leb; dog) or walad (wah-lahd; boy). damma: The second main Arabic vowel is the damma (dah-mah).

Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006

For instance, if you add the demonstrative haadhaa to the indefinite subject noun walad, you get haadhaa walad (hah-zah wah-lad; This is a boy).

Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006

From the Arabic walada and Ethiopian walad, to beget, to bring forth, we get the Welsh llawd, a shooting out; and hence our word lad.

Atlantis : the antediluvian world Ignatius Donnelly 1866

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