استولى

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Root
و ل ي (w-l-y)

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

اِسْتَوْلَى (istawlā) X, non-past يَسْتَوْلِي‎ (yastawlī)

  1. (construed with عَلَى (ʕalā)) to appropriate
    اِسْتَوْلَى مُقَاتِلُونَا عَلَى سَيَّارَةٍ مُفَخَّخَةٍ أُخْرَى، كَانَتْ مُجَهَّزَةً لِلتَّفْجِيرِ.
    istawlā muqātilūnā ʕalā sayyāratin mufaḵḵaḵatin ʔuḵrā, kānat mujahhazatan littafjīri.
    Our fighters seized another car bomb, which was equipped to explode.

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • Mace, John (2007) “استولى”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN