5 تَوَلَّى ذ He turned himself, الى towards. (Jel, ii. 139.) He turned away (Idem, xix. 50; and S, Msb) عَنْهُ from him, or it. (S.) ― -b2- تَوَلَّى He turned the back to another: see a verse in art. فيل, conj. 1. ― -b3- تولّى أَمْرًا He took upon himself an affair. ― -b4- تَوَلَّى كِبْرَهُ He took upon himself, or undertook, the main part thereof; syn. تَحَمَّلَ مُعْظَمَهُ. (Jel, xxiv. ii.) ― -b5- تَولَّاهُ: see وَلِيَهُ.
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