The Meanings of the Root W.L.Y According to Polysemy linguists: An exclusive Linguistic Study

Abstract

This study aims to clarify the meanings of w.l.y utilized in the Qur'an as the noun forms, focusing on the Polysemy linguist’s authorships. To achieve this goal, the article follows an inductive statistical approach, which counts the places of the nouns of this root in the Qur'ān. Then it chooses seven of the scientists to identify the meanings of "w.l.y" from their points of view. These linguist scholars are: Muqatel, Harun, Tirmidhi, Al- askari, Al- nishaburi, Al- damganai, and Ibn aljawzi. The results of the induction approach indicate that the root W.L.Y has been used in the Qur'ān for 123 times in noun derivation forms, and 40 places on eight forms such as; "Maf‘al", "fe‘al", "fa‘ail" and "muffa‘ail", and adjective form"fa‘aīl ", and "af‘ala" (superlative form), and the irregular plural "af‘aila", "mafa‘ail", and infinitive form "fi‘aalah". The study findings further show that these scholars have defined 14 meanings for the root w.l.y including 9 general meanings, and 5 uncommon meanings mentioned by only three or less of the scholars. And it is important to be noted that the mutual beneficial relationships are found between both common and uncommon meanings, such as a relationship between parents and their children, and between Idols and their worshipers, and between companions. Thus, this article is an initial research for future studies to be conducted on the other aspects of root w.l.y, such as contextual and semantics studies on this root.