Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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رى ريأ ريب


1. ⇒ ريأ

رَآءَ (like خَافَ, TA, [app. indicating that its aor. is يَرَآءُ, like يَخَافُ,]) a dial. var. of رَأَى [He saw;, &c.]. (M, Ḳ.)


2. ⇒ ريّأ

ريّأ فِى الأَمْرِ i. q. رَوَّأَ [q. v.]. (T,* Ḳ.)

Root: ريأ - Entry: 2. Dissociation: B

ريّأهُ, inf. n. تَرْيِئَةٌ, i. q. فَسَحَ عَنْهُ مِنْ خِنَاقِهِ [app. meaning He relaxed the compression of his throat: or he relaxed the cord by which he was being throttled]: (M:) or فَسَحَ عَنْ خُنَاقِهِ [which app. has the former meaning: or perhaps means he, or it, relieved his quinsy, so that he had room, or freedom, to breathe]. (Ḳ.)

Root: ريأ - Entry: 2. Dissociation: C

ريّأ رَآءًا He wrote a ر. (TA.)


3. ⇒ رايأ

رايأ فُلَانًا, (M, Ḳ,*) said to be formed by transposition, [i. e. from رَآءَى,] inf. n. مُرَايَأَةٌ, (TA,) He feared, or was on his guard against, such a one. (M, Ḳ.*)

Root: ريأ - Entry: 3. Signification: A2

رِىْءٌ

رِىْءٌ a subst. from رَآءَ mentioned above: (M, Ḳ:) [i. e., it signifies Sight;, &c.; like رُؤْيَةٌ:] and رَآءٌ is said by MF to be like it; but this is a mistake, occasioned by his finding الرَّآء, in a verse, miswritten for الدَّآء. (TA.)

Root: ريأ - Entry: رِىْءٌ Signification: A2

رَائِيَّةٌ

قَصِيدَةٌ رَائِيَّةٌ: see art. روأ.


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