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تَوَلَّى

to take charge of

VerbForm VRoot و-ل-ي

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Highlights

Present tense
يَتَوَلَّى
Verbal noun
تَوَلٍّ
Active participle
مُتَوَلٍّ
Passive participle
مُتَوَلًّى

Most common words from the same root

Noun
وِلَايَة
province
Verb · Form I
وَلِيَ
to be a friend
Verb · Form I
وَلِيَ
to administer
Verb · Form I
وَلِيَ
to be close to
Verb · Form III
وَالَى
to be a friend
Verb · Form II
وَلَّى
to turn away

تَوَلَّى in English

Verb · Form V

  1. to take charge of, to take control of
    وَكُنْتُ إِذَا سَأَلْتُ ٱلْقَلْبَ يَوْمًا تَوَلَّى ٱلدَّمْعُ عَنْ قَلْبِي جَوَابًا وَلِي بَيْنَ ٱلضُّلُوعِ دَمٌ وَلَحْمٌ هُمَا ٱلْوَاهِي ٱلَّذِي ثَكِلَ ٱلشَّبَابَاAnd if I asked my heart one day, tears would answer instead of my heart And I have blood and flesh between my ribs They are the weakness which lost my youth1946, Ahmed Shawqi, سلو قلبي [Ask my heart]
  2. to be invested with power (by a superior), to govern, to administer
  3. to be nominated, be appointed
  4. to turn away, to turn the back, to yield, to take to flight
  5. to remove to a distance, to desist, to give up
  6. to be an ally
    وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فَإِنَّ حِزْبَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَAnd whoever is an ally of Allāh and His Messenger and those who have believed - indeed, the party of Allāh - they will be the predominant. (Saheeh International)

Word origin

Compare وَلِيَ (waliya, “to be near, to govern”).

Words from the root و-ل-ي

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

وَلِيَ · present يَلِي
Form I · The plain action

to be a friend, assistant, helper

وَلَايَة
Verbal noun
authority
وَلْي
Verbal noun
nearness
وَلَاء
Verbal noun
وَالٍ
Active participle
wali
مَوْلِيّ
Passive participle
وَلِيَ · present يَلِي
Form I · The plain action

to administer, govern, be placed at the head of

وِلَايَة
Verbal noun
province
وَلَايَة
Verbal noun
وَالٍ
Active participle
مَوْلِيّ
Passive participle
وَلِيَ · present يَلِي
Form I · The plain action

to be close to, stand immediately by, be neighboring, follow close upon (transitive); to follow; to confine with (transitive)

وَلْي
Verbal noun
وَالٍ
Active participle
مَوْلِيّ
Passive participle
وَلَّى · present يُوَلِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive

to turn away (from); to assign to, to appoint for, to commission with

تَوْلِيَة
Verbal noun
مُوَلٍّ
Active participle
مُوَلًّى
Passive participle
وَالَى · present يُوَالِي
Form III · Done to or with someone

to be a friend, a helper, a supporter, a patron, a protector; to help, aid, assist; to follow immediately, to be subsequent

مُوَالَاة
Verbal noun
مُوَالٍ
Active participle
supporter
مُوَالٍ
Active participle · Adjective
loyal
مُوَالًى
Passive participle
أَوْلَى · present يُولِي
Form IV · Causative

to entrust to

إِيلَاء
Verbal noun
مُولٍ
Active participle
مُولًى
Passive participle
تَوَلَّى · present يَتَوَلَّى
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

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

تَوَلٍّ
Verbal noun
مُتَوَلٍّ
Active participle
one entrusted with something
مُتَوَلًّى
Passive participle
تَوَالَى · present يَتَوَالَى
Form VI · Mutual action

to occur successively

تَوَالٍ
Verbal noun
مُتَوَالٍ
Active participle · Adjective
successive
مُتَوَالٍ
Active participle
Mutawali
مُتَوَالًى
Passive participle
اِسْتَوْلَى · present يَسْتَوْلِي
Form X · Seeking or considering

to seize, to take possession of; to confiscate, to appropriate; to overpower, to overwhelm

اِسْتِيلَاء
Verbal noun
takeover
مُسْتَوْلٍ
Active participle · Adjective
seizing
مُسْتَوْلًى
Passive participle
إِلْيَة
Noun · f.
closeness
مَوْلًى
Noun · m.
chief
وَلِيّ
Noun · m.
one of the most beautiful Names of God: The Protector
أَوْلَى
Adjective
worthier
وَلِيّ
Adjective
near

تَوَلَّى conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iتَوَلَّيْتُأَتَوَلَّىأَتَوَلَّىأَتَوَلَّ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)تَوَلَّيْتَتَتَوَلَّىتَتَوَلَّىتَتَوَلَّتَوَلَّ
أَنْتِ you (f.)تَوَلَّيْتِتَتَوَلَّيْنَتَتَوَلَّيْتَتَوَلَّيْتَوَلَّيْ
هُوَ heتَوَلَّىيَتَوَلَّىيَتَوَلَّىيَتَوَلَّ—
هِيَ sheتَوَلَّتْتَتَوَلَّىتَتَوَلَّىتَتَوَلَّ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoتَوَلَّيْتُمَاتَتَوَلَّيَانِتَتَوَلَّيَاتَتَوَلَّيَاتَوَلَّيَا
هُمَا they two (m.)تَوَلَّيَايَتَوَلَّيَانِيَتَوَلَّيَايَتَوَلَّيَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)تَوَلَّتَاتَتَوَلَّيَانِتَتَوَلَّيَاتَتَوَلَّيَا—
نَحْنُ weتَوَلَّيْنَانَتَوَلَّىنَتَوَلَّىنَتَوَلَّ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)تَوَلَّيْتُمْتَتَوَلَّوْنَتَتَوَلَّوْاتَتَوَلَّوْاتَوَلَّوْا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)تَوَلَّيْتُنَّتَتَوَلَّيْنَتَتَوَلَّيْنَتَتَوَلَّيْنَتَوَلَّيْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)تَوَلَّوْايَتَوَلَّوْنَيَتَوَلَّوْايَتَوَلَّوْا—
هُنَّ they (f.)تَوَلَّيْنَيَتَوَلَّيْنَيَتَوَلَّيْنَيَتَوَلَّيْنَ—
Verbal nounتَوَلٍّ
Active participleمُتَوَلٍّ
Passive participleمُتَوَلًّى

تَوَلَّى in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to take charge of

وَكُنْتُ إِذَا سَأَلْتُ ٱلْقَلْبَ يَوْمًا تَوَلَّى ٱلدَّمْعُ عَنْ قَلْبِي جَوَابًا وَلِي بَيْنَ ٱلضُّلُوعِ دَمٌ وَلَحْمٌ هُمَا ٱلْوَاهِي ٱلَّذِي ثَكِلَ ٱلشَّبَابَاAnd if I asked my heart one day, tears would answer instead of my heart And I have blood and flesh between my ribs They are the weakness which lost my youth1946, Ahmed Shawqi, سلو قلبي [Ask my heart]

to be an ally

وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فَإِنَّ حِزْبَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَAnd whoever is an ally of Allāh and His Messenger and those who have believed - indeed, the party of Allāh - they will be the predominant. (Saheeh International)

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