و ل ي

Arabic

Root

و ل ي • (w-l-y)

1. Related to direction.

Derived terms

Verbs and verb derivatives

• Form I: وَلِيَ (waliya, “to depend, appertain, to be a friend, assistant, helper”)
  • Verbal noun: وَلْي (waly), وَلَاء (walāʔ), وَلَايَة (walāya)
  • Active participle: وَالٍ (wālin)
  • Passive participle: مَوْلِيّ (mawliyy)
• Form II: وَلَّى (wallā, “to turn tail, to flee”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوْلِيَة (tawliya)
  • Active participle: مُوَلٍّ (muwallin)
  • Passive participle: مُوَلًّى (muwallan)
• Form III: وَالَى (wālā, “to sponsor, to keep doing”)
  • Verbal noun: مُوَالَاة (muwālāh), وِلَاء (wilāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُوَالٍ (muwālin)
  • Passive participle: مُوَالًى (muwālan)
• Form IV: أَوْلَى (ʔawlā, “to entrust to”)
  • Verbal noun: إِيلَاء (ʔīlāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُولٍ (mūlin)
  • Passive participle: مُولًى (mūlan)
• Form V: تَوَلَّى (tawallā, “to be invested with power (by a superior), to govern, to administer”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوَلٍّ (tawallin)
  • Active participle: مُتَوَلٍّ (mutawallin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَوَلًّى (mutawallan)
• Form VI: تَوَالَى (tawālā, “to advance”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوَالٍ (tawālin)
  • Active participle: مُتَوَالٍ (mutawālin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَوَالًى (mutawālan)
• Form X: اِسْتَوْلَى (istawlā, “to appropriate”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِيلَاء (istīlāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَوْلٍ (mustawlin)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَوْلًى (mustawlan)

Nouns and other parts of speech

• وَلِيّ (waliyy, “near, adjacent”)
  • أَوْلَى (ʔawlā, “nearer”)
• وِلَايَة (wilāya, “province, governorate, state, country”)
• مَوْلًى (mawlan, “chief, lord, master”)