ولى

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See also: ولي and ولی

Arabic

Root
و ل ي (w l y)
22 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

وَلَّى (wallā) II, non-past يُوَلِّي‎ (yuwallī)

  1. (intransitive, transitive with direct object or عَنْ) to turn away (from)
    1. to turn tail, to flee
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 27:10:
        وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَانٌّ وَلَّى مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ
        waʔalqi ʕaṣāka falammā raʔāhā tahtazzu kaʔannahā jānnun wallā mudbiran walam yuʕaqqib
        And : “Throw down your staff.” But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return.
    2. to shun
    3. to pass by, to glide away, to elapse
  2. (ditransitive) to assign to, to appoint for, to commission with

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: ولى (walla)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
و ل ي
1 term

From Arabic وَلَّى (wallā, to turn).

Pronunciation

Verb

ولى (walla) II (non-past يولي (ywalli))

  1. to become

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ولى
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ولّيت (wallīt) ولّيتي (wallīti) ولّى (walla) ولّينا (wallīna) ولّيتوا (wallītu) ولّاوا (wallāw)
f ولّات (wallāt)
non-past m نولّي (nwalli) تولّي (twalli) يولّي (ywalli) نولّيوا (nwallīw) تولّيوا (twallīw) يولّيوا (ywallīw)
f تولّي (twalli) تولّي (twalli)
imperative m ولّي (walli) ولّيوا (wallīw)
f ولّي (walli)