See also: ولي and ولی

Arabic edit

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

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Verb edit

وَلَّى (wallā) II, non-past يُوَلِّي‎ (yuwallī)

  1. (intransitive, transitive with direct object or عَنْ) to turn away (from)
    1. to turn tail, to flee
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 27:10:
        وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَانٌّ وَلَّى مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ
        waʔalqi ʕaṣāka falammā raʔāhā tahtazzu kaʔannahā jānnun wallā mudbiran walam yuʕaqqib
        And [he was told]: “Throw down your staff.” But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return.
    2. to shun
    3. to pass by, to glide away, to elapse
  2. (ditransitive) to assign to, to appoint for, to commission with

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Descendants edit

  • Gulf Arabic: ولى (walla)

Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
و ل ي
1 term

From Arabic وَلَّى (wallā, to turn).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ولى (walla) II (non-past يولي (ywalli))

  1. to become

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of ولى
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ولّيت (wallīt) ولّيتي (wallīti) ولّى (walla) ولّينا (wallīna) ولّيتوا (wallītu) ولّاوا (wallāw)
f ولّات (wallāt)
non-past m نولّي (nwalli) تولّي (twalli) يولّي (ywalli) نولّيوا (nwallīw) تولّيوا (twallīw) يولّيوا (ywallīw)
f تولّي (twalli) تولّي (twalli)
imperative m ولّي (walli) ولّيوا (wallīw)
f ولّي (walli)