Arabic for birth

mawlid
ﻣَﻮﻟِﺪ
birth – masculine singular

The Arabic word for birth is pronounced mawlid and written ﻣَﻮﻟِﺪ.

Part of speech: noun. Pattern: time and place noun

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Important letters:
The root of the word birth consists of three Arabic letters: waw that is written and pronounced w, lam that is written and pronounced l and dal that is written and pronounced d. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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All letters in birth

ﻣَﻮﻟِﺪ
ﻣـ
ـﻮ
ﻟـ
ـﺪ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻮ
ﻟـ
ـﺪ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻤـ
ـﻢ
ـﻮ
ﻟـ
ـﻠـ
ـﻞ
ـﺪ
 
mim
m
waw
w
lam
l
dal
d
 
 
The Arabic word for birth consists of: The letter mim that is written ﻡ ( here ﻣـ ) and pronounced m. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter waw that is written ﻭ ( here ـﻮ ) and pronounced w and is a part of the root of the word. The letter lam that is written ﻝ ( here ﻟـ ) and pronounced l and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter dal that is written ﺩ ( here ـﺪ ) and pronounced d and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﻣَﻮﻟِﺪ and pronounced mawlid.
Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for birth

maf3il becomes mawlid

We have seen that the Arabic word for birth is written ﻣَﻮﻟِﺪ and pronounced mawlid. It follows the pattern time and place noun. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure maf3il where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is maf3il and the root letters are w, l and d, the word becomes mawlid.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns

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