Roots › و-ل-ي
The Arabic root و-ل-ي (w-l-y)
Form I verb وَلِيَ: to be a friend
25 words in the dictionary are built from و-ل-ي, including verbs in Forms I, II, III, IV, V, VI, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
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Verbs and the nouns that come from them
to be a friend, assistant, helper
to administer, govern, be placed at the head of
to be close to, stand immediately by, be neighboring, follow close upon (transitive); to follow; to confine with (transitive)
to turn away (from); to assign to, to appoint for, to commission with
to be a friend, a helper, a supporter, a patron, a protector; to help, aid, assist; to follow immediately, to be subsequent
to take charge of, to take control of; to be invested with power (by a superior), to govern, to administer; to be nominated, be appointed
to occur successively
to seize, to take possession of; to confiscate, to appropriate; to overpower, to overwhelm
Other nouns and adjectives
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