Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
و ل ي (w l y)
22 terms

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to seize, to take possession of [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘something’]
    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 [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘something’]
  3. to overpower, to [overwhelm]] [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’]
  4. to capture, to take as prisoner [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’]

Conjugation

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References

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  • 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