استولى

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
و ل ي (w l y)
22 terms

Compare وَلِيَ (waliya, to be near, to govern).

Pronunciation

Verb

اِسْتَوْلَى (istawlā) X (non-past يَسْتَوْلِي (yastawlī), verbal noun اِسْتِيلَاء (istīlāʔ))

  1. to seize, to take possession of
    اِسْتَوْلَى مُقَاتِلُونَا عَلَى سَيَّارَةٍ مُفَخَّخَةٍ أُخْرَى، كَانَتْ مُجَهَّزَةً لِلتَّفْجِيرِ.
    Our fighters seized another car bomb, which was equipped to explode.
  2. to confiscate, to appropriate
  3. to overpower, to ]
  4. to capture, to take as prisoner

Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ولي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Mace, John (2007) “استولى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN