وَالِدٌ

and وَالِدَةٌ, (M, L, K) the former as a possessive epithet, and the latter as an act. particle n. (M, L.) A woman, and any pregnant animal, having a child or young one, or children or young; and bringing forth. (Th, M, L.)

Also وَالِدٌ A father: (S, L, Msb:) and a mother; (L;) as also وَالِدَةٌ; (S, L, Msb;) [which latter is the more common in this sense:] plural of the former, وَالِدُونَ; and of the latter, وَالِدَاتٌ: (Msb:) the dual وَالِدَانِ signifies the two parents; the father and mother. (S, L, Msb.)

شَاةٌ وَالِدٌ A pregnant ewe or goat; (ISk, S, A, L, Msb, K; *) as also وَالِدَةٌ and ↓ وَلُودٌ: (L, K:) plural وُلْدٌ, (as in the L, and most other lexicons, according to the TA, and in some copies of the K,) or وُلَّدٌ, (as in the A, and in other copies of the K,) each of which is correct. (TA.)

Also, A prolific ewe or goat; that breeds, or brings forth, plentifully; (Nh, L;) [as also ↓ وَلُودٌ: see S, K, article أبد: see also an example of وَلُودٌ, applied to a woman, voce أَسْوَأُ.]

مِنْ شَرِّ وَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ, occurring in a tradition respecting prayer for God's protection, [lit., From the evil of a parent and what he hath begotten,] is said to mean Iblees and the devils: (L:) or Adam and the true friends and the prophets and the martyrs and the believers whom he hath begotten. (El-Basáïr.)