ولاية

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
و ل ي (w l y)
22 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

وِلَايَة • (wilāya) f (plural وِلَايَات (wilāyāt))

  1. verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya) (form I)
  2. (countable) province, governorate
  3. (countable) state (“political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy”)
  4. (uncountable) authority
  5. (Shiite Islam) the religious authority of the chosen imams (whose acceptance is the fundamental dogma of Shiism)
    Synonym: (roughly) إمامة (ʔimāma)
Declension
Declension of noun وِلَايَة (wilāya)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وِلَايَة
wilāya 		الْوِلَايَة
al-wilāya 		وِلَايَة
wilāyat
Nominative وِلَايَةٌ
wilāyatun 		الْوِلَايَةُ
al-wilāyatu 		وِلَايَةُ
wilāyatu
Accusative وِلَايَةً
wilāyatan 		الْوِلَايَةَ
al-wilāyata 		وِلَايَةَ
wilāyata
Genitive وِلَايَةٍ
wilāyatin 		الْوِلَايَةِ
al-wilāyati 		وِلَايَةِ
wilāyati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وِلَايَتَيْن
wilāyatayn 		الْوِلَايَتَيْن
al-wilāyatayn 		وِلَايَتَيْ
wilāyatay
Nominative وِلَايَتَانِ
wilāyatāni 		الْوِلَايَتَانِ
al-wilāyatāni 		وِلَايَتَا
wilāyatā
Accusative وِلَايَتَيْنِ
wilāyatayni 		الْوِلَايَتَيْنِ
al-wilāyatayni 		وِلَايَتَيْ
wilāyatay
Genitive وِلَايَتَيْنِ
wilāyatayni 		الْوِلَايَتَيْنِ
al-wilāyatayni 		وِلَايَتَيْ
wilāyatay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وِلَايَات
wilāyāt 		الْوِلَايَات
al-wilāyāt 		وِلَايَات
wilāyāt
Nominative وِلَايَاتٌ
wilāyātun 		الْوِلَايَاتُ
al-wilāyātu 		وِلَايَاتُ
wilāyātu
Accusative وِلَايَاتٍ
wilāyātin 		الْوِلَايَاتِ
al-wilāyāti 		وِلَايَاتِ
wilāyāti
Genitive وِلَايَاتٍ
wilāyātin 		الْوِلَايَاتِ
al-wilāyāti 		وِلَايَاتِ
wilāyāti
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ولي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 1.2

Root
و ل ي (w l y)
22 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

وَلَايَة • (walāya) f

  1. verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya) (form I)
  2. (uncountable) authority
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:44:
      هُنَالِكَ الْوَلايَةُ لِلَّهِ الْحَقِّ
      hunālika al-walāyatu li-llahi l-ḥaqqi
      There the authority is for God, the Truth.
Declension
Declension of noun وَلَايَة (walāya)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وَلَايَة
walāya 		الْوَلَايَة
al-walāya 		وَلَايَة
walāyat
Nominative وَلَايَةٌ
walāyatun 		الْوَلَايَةُ
al-walāyatu 		وَلَايَةُ
walāyatu
Accusative وَلَايَةً
walāyatan 		الْوَلَايَةَ
al-walāyata 		وَلَايَةَ
walāyata
Genitive وَلَايَةٍ
walāyatin 		الْوَلَايَةِ
al-walāyati 		وَلَايَةِ
walāyati

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ل ي
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wi.laː.je/,
  • IPA(key): /wi.laː.ja/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Noun

ولاية • (wilāye) f (plural ولايات (wilāyāt))

  1. state, province

Derived terms

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