و ل ي

و ل ي • (w-l-y)

1. Related to direction.

• Form I: وَلِيَ‎ (waliya, “to depend, appertain, to be a friend, assistant, helper”)
  • Verbal noun: وَلْي‎ (waly), وَلَاء‎ (walāʾ), وَلَايَة‎ (walāya)
  • Active participle: وَالٍ‎ (wālin)
  • Passive participle: مَوْلِيّ‎ (mawliyy)
• Form II: وَلَّى‎ (wallā, “to turn tail, to flee”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوْلِيَة‎ (tawliya)
  • Active participle: مُوَلٍّ‎ (muwallin)
  • Passive participle: مُوَلًّى‎ (muwallan)
• Form III: وَالَى‎ (wālā, “to sponsor, to keep doing”)
  • Verbal noun: مُوَالَاة‎ (muwālāh), وِلَاء‎ (wilāʾ)
  • Active participle: مُوَالٍ‎ (muwālin)
  • Passive participle: مُوَالًى‎ (muwālan)
• Form IV: أَوْلَى‎ (ʾawlā, “to entrust to”)
  • Verbal noun: إِيلَاء‎ (ʾīlāʾ)
  • Active participle: مُولٍ‎ (mūlin)
  • Passive participle: مُولًى‎ (mūlan)
• Form V: تَوَلَّى‎ (tawallā, “to be invested with power (by a superior), to govern, to administer”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوَلٍّ‎ (tawallin)
  • Active participle: مُتَوَلٍّ‎ (mutawallin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَوَلًّى‎ (mutawallan)
• Form VI: تَوَالَى‎ (tawālā, “to advance”)
  • Verbal noun: تَوَالٍ‎ (tawālin)
  • Active participle: مُتَوَالٍ‎ (mutawālin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَوَالًى‎ (mutawālan)
• Form X: اِسْتَوْلَى‎ (istawlā, “to appropriate”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِيلَاء‎ (istīlāʾ)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَوْلٍ‎ (mustawlin)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَوْلًى‎ (mustawlan)

• وَلِيّ‎ (waliyy, “near, adjacent”)
  • أَوْلَى‎ (ʾawlā, “nearer”)
• وِلَايَة‎ (wilāya, “province, governorate, state, country”)
• مَوْلًى‎ (mawlan, “chief, lord, master”)