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: مُلّا‎ (mullā) (see there for further descendants)
• → Classical Persian: مَولا‎ (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