Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

اِسْتَوْلَى (istawlā) X, non-past يَسْتَوْلِي‎ (yastawlī)

  1. (construed with عَلَى (ʕalā)) to appropriate
    اِسْتَوْلَى مُقَاتِلُونَا عَلَى سَيَّارَةٍ مُفَخَّخَةٍ أُخْرَى، كَانَتْ مُجَهَّزَةً لِلتَّفْجِيرِ.
    istawlā muqātilūnā ʕalā sayyāratin mufaḵḵaḵatin ʔuḵrā, kānat mujahhazatan littafjīri.
    Our fighters seized another car bomb, which was equipped to explode.

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • Mace, John (2007) “استولى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN