Arabic vocabulary
وُلِّيَwas appointed in Arabic
وُلِّيَ is how you say “was appointed” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَلَمَّا وُلِّيَ الْوِزَارَةُ ابْنُ الْقَصَّابِ
When Ibn al-Qassab was appointed to the ministry.
وَلَيَّ — was appointed. A passive past verb 'was appointed / put in charge' — the man receives the appointing; an unnamed authority does it. Arabic marks the passive by internal vowel changes rather than a helper word, so the form sits close to its active twin but flips the roles.
From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →
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