مولى

Arabic

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maw.lan/

Noun

مَوْلًى • (mawlan) m (plural مَوَالٍ (mawālin), feminine مَوْلَاة (mawlāh))

1. chief, lord, master
2. patron, client
3. slave
4. ally, friend, follower

Declension

Declension of noun مَوْلًى (mawlan)

Singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوْلَى mawlā	الْمَوْلَى al-mawlā	مَوْلَى mawlā
Nominative	مَوْلًى mawlan	الْمَوْلَى al-mawlā	مَوْلَى mawlā
Accusative	مَوْلًى mawlan	الْمَوْلَى al-mawlā	مَوْلَى mawlā
Genitive	مَوْلًى mawlan	الْمَوْلَى al-mawlā	مَوْلَى mawlā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوْلَيَيْن mawlayayn	الْمَوْلَيَيْن al-mawlayayn	مَوْلَيَيْ mawlayay
Nominative	مَوْلَيَانِ mawlayāni	الْمَوْلَيَانِ al-mawlayāni	مَوْلَيَا mawlayā
Accusative	مَوْلَيَيْنِ mawlayayni	الْمَوْلَيَيْنِ al-mawlayayni	مَوْلَيَيْ mawlayay
Genitive	مَوْلَيَيْنِ mawlayayni	الْمَوْلَيَيْنِ al-mawlayayni	مَوْلَيَيْ mawlayay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَوَالِي mawālī	الْمَوَالِي al-mawālī	مَوَالِي mawālī
Nominative	مَوَالٍ mawālin	الْمَوَالِي al-mawālī	مَوَالِي mawālī
Accusative	مَوَالِيَ mawāliya	الْمَوَالِيَ al-mawāliya	مَوَالِيَ mawāliya
Genitive	مَوَالٍ mawālin	الْمَوَالِي al-mawālī	مَوَالِي mawālī

Descendants

• Maltese: mula (obsolete), ⇒ Mulej
• → Classical Persian: مُلَّا (mullā) (see there for further descendants)
• → Classical Persian: مَوْلَا (mawlā) (see there for further 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