walādum

Akkadian

Root
w-l-d
2 terms

Etymology

from Proto-Semitic *walad-. Cognate with Arabic وَلَدَ (walada) and Biblical Hebrew יָלַד (yɔlaḏ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /waˈlaː.dum/

Verb

walādum (class a-i)

1. to give birth
2. to produce, to create

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		walādum
Participle		wālidum
Adjective		waldum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		ullid	attalad	ulid	lulid
2.sg	m	tullid	tattalad	tulid	lid
	f	tullidī	tattaldī	tuldī	lidī
3.sg		ullid	ittalad	ulid	lilid
1.pl		nullid	nittalad	nulid	i nilid
2.pl		tullidā	tattaldā	tuldā	lidā
3.pl	m	ullidū	ittaldū	uldū	lildū
	f	ullidā	ittaldā	uldā	lildā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• alādum, walādu (non-mimated form)
• ulādu (Middle/Neo-Assyrian)
• malādu (Middle/Neo-Babylonian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅇𒌅 (U₃.TU) 𒌅 (TU) (rare)	𒉿𒆷𒁺𒌝 (wa-la-du-um) 𒀀𒆷𒁺𒌝 (a-la-du-um) 𒉿𒆷𒁺 (wa-la-du) 𒀀𒆷𒁺 (a-la-du)