تولى

See also: بولی, تؤلي, بولي, تولي, تولٍي, and بولٍي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

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

Verb

تَوَلَّى • (tawallā) V, non-past يَتَوَلَّى‎ (yatawallā)

1. to take charge of, to take control of
   • 1946, Ahmed Shawqi, سلو قلبي [Ask my heart]:

     وَكُنْتُ إِذَا سَأَلْتُ ٱلْقَلْبَ يَوْمًا
     تَوَلَّى ٱلدَّمْعُ عَنْ قَلْبِي جَوَابًا
     وَلِي بَيْنَ ٱلضُّلُوعِ دَمٌ وَلَحْمٌ
     هُمَا ٱلْوَاهِي ٱلَّذِي ثَكِلَ ٱلشَّبَابَا

     wakuntu ʔiḏā saʔaltu l-qalba yawman
     tawallā d-damʕu ʕan qalbī jawāban
     walī bayna ḍ-ḍulūʕi damun walaḥmun
     humā l-wāhī llaḏī ṯakila š-šabābā

     And 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 youth

2. to be invested with power (by a superior), to govern, to administer
3. to be nominated, be appointed
4. to turn the back, yield, take to flight, turn away
5. to remove to a distance, desist, give up
6. to be an ally
   • Qur'an 5:56
   • وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فَإِنَّ حِزْبَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ

     And 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)

Conjugation

Conjugation of

تَوَلَّى

(form-V final-weak)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَوَلٍّ tawallin
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُتَوَلٍّ mutawallin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُتَوَلًّى mutawallan
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَوَلَّيْتُ tawallaytu	تَوَلَّيْتَ tawallayta	تَوَلَّى tawallā		تَوَلَّيْتُمَا tawallaytumā	تَوَلَّيَا tawallayā		تَوَلَّيْنَا tawallaynā	تَوَلَّيْتُمْ tawallaytum	تَوَلَّوْا tawallaw
	f		تَوَلَّيْتِ tawallayti	تَوَلَّتْ tawallat			تَوَلَّتَا tawallatā			تَوَلَّيْتُنَّ tawallaytunna	تَوَلَّيْنَ tawallayna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتَوَلَّى ʔatawallā	تَتَوَلَّى tatawallā	يَتَوَلَّى yatawallā		تَتَوَلَّيَانِ tatawallayāni	يَتَوَلَّيَانِ yatawallayāni		نَتَوَلَّى natawallā	تَتَوَلَّوْنَ tatawallawna	يَتَوَلَّوْنَ yatawallawna
	f		تَتَوَلَّيْنَ tatawallayna	تَتَوَلَّى tatawallā			تَتَوَلَّيَانِ tatawallayāni			تَتَوَلَّيْنَ tatawallayna	يَتَوَلَّيْنَ yatawallayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتَوَلَّى ʔatawallā	تَتَوَلَّى tatawallā	يَتَوَلَّى yatawallā		تَتَوَلَّيَا tatawallayā	يَتَوَلَّيَا yatawallayā		نَتَوَلَّى natawallā	تَتَوَلَّوْا tatawallaw	يَتَوَلَّوْا yatawallaw
	f		تَتَوَلَّيْ tatawallay	تَتَوَلَّى tatawallā			تَتَوَلَّيَا tatawallayā			تَتَوَلَّيْنَ tatawallayna	يَتَوَلَّيْنَ yatawallayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتَوَلَّ ʔatawalla	تَتَوَلَّ tatawalla	يَتَوَلَّ yatawalla		تَتَوَلَّيَا tatawallayā	يَتَوَلَّيَا yatawallayā		نَتَوَلَّ natawalla	تَتَوَلَّوْا tatawallaw	يَتَوَلَّوْا yatawallaw
	f		تَتَوَلَّيْ tatawallay	تَتَوَلَّ tatawalla			تَتَوَلَّيَا tatawallayā			تَتَوَلَّيْنَ tatawallayna	يَتَوَلَّيْنَ yatawallayna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		تَوَلَّ tawalla			تَوَلَّيَا tawallayā				تَوَلَّوْا tawallaw
	f		تَوَلَّيْ tawallay							تَوَلَّيْنَ tawallayna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تُوُلِّيتُ tuwullītu	تُوُلِّيتَ tuwullīta	تُوُلِّيَ tuwulliya		تُوُلِّيتُمَا tuwullītumā	تُوُلِّيَا tuwulliyā		تُوُلِّينَا tuwullīnā	تُوُلِّيتُمْ tuwullītum	تُوُلُّوا tuwullū
	f		تُوُلِّيتِ tuwullīti	تُوُلِّيَتْ tuwulliyat			تُوُلِّيَتَا tuwulliyatā			تُوُلِّيتُنَّ tuwullītunna	تُوُلِّينَ tuwullīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُتَوَلَّى ʔutawallā	تُتَوَلَّى tutawallā	يُتَوَلَّى yutawallā		تُتَوَلَّيَانِ tutawallayāni	يُتَوَلَّيَانِ yutawallayāni		نُتَوَلَّى nutawallā	تُتَوَلَّوْنَ tutawallawna	يُتَوَلَّوْنَ yutawallawna
	f		تُتَوَلَّيْنَ tutawallayna	تُتَوَلَّى tutawallā			تُتَوَلَّيَانِ tutawallayāni			تُتَوَلَّيْنَ tutawallayna	يُتَوَلَّيْنَ yutawallayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُتَوَلَّى ʔutawallā	تُتَوَلَّى tutawallā	يُتَوَلَّى yutawallā		تُتَوَلَّيَا tutawallayā	يُتَوَلَّيَا yutawallayā		نُتَوَلَّى nutawallā	تُتَوَلَّوْا tutawallaw	يُتَوَلَّوْا yutawallaw
	f		تُتَوَلَّيْ tutawallay	تُتَوَلَّى tutawallā			تُتَوَلَّيَا tutawallayā			تُتَوَلَّيْنَ tutawallayna	يُتَوَلَّيْنَ yutawallayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُتَوَلَّ ʔutawalla	تُتَوَلَّ tutawalla	يُتَوَلَّ yutawalla		تُتَوَلَّيَا tutawallayā	يُتَوَلَّيَا yutawallayā		نُتَوَلَّ nutawalla	تُتَوَلَّوْا tutawallaw	يُتَوَلَّوْا yutawallaw
	f		تُتَوَلَّيْ tutawallay	تُتَوَلَّ tutawalla			تُتَوَلَّيَا tutawallayā			تُتَوَلَّيْنَ tutawallayna	يُتَوَلَّيْنَ yutawallayna

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “تولى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Verb

تُولَى • (tūlā) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of وَلِيَ (waliya)
2. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَلِيَ (waliya)
3. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of وَلِيَ (waliya)
4. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of وَلِيَ (waliya)

Etymology 3

Verb

تُولَى • (tūlā) (form IV)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)
2. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)
3. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)
4. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of أَوْلَى (ʔawlā)

Chagatai

Noun

تولى (transliteration needed)

1. hail