Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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رَيْطٌ

رَيْطٌ: see what follows.


رَيْطَةٌ

رَيْطَةٌ Any [covering for the body such as is called] مُلَآءَة not of two pieces (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ) joined together (Mgh, TA) by sewing or the like, (TA,) but a single piece, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) all one web: (Ḳ:) it is said by Az to be, without exception, white: (TA:) or it signifies, (Mgh, Ḳ,) or signifies also, sometimes, (Mṣb,) any garment, or piece of cloth, that is thin (Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ) and soft; (Mgh, Ḳ;) so says ISk, on the authority of certain of the Arabs of the desert; (TA;) as alsoرَائِطَةٌ↓: (Ḳ:) and a napkin with which the hands are wiped after food: (TA, from a trad., expl. by Sufyán:) [in Ḥar p. 294, q. v., it seems to be applied to a kind of woollen cloth used as a turban:] pl. رَيْطٌ↓ [or this is rather a coll. gen. n. of which رَيْطَةٌ is the n. un.] and رِيَاطٌ. (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ.)

Root: ريط - Entry: رَيْطَةٌ Signification: A2

You say, خَرَجَ مُشْتَمِلًا بِرَيْطَةِ الظَّلْمَآءِ[He went forth enveloped with the mantle of darkness]. (TA.) And هُوَ يَجُرُّ رِيَاطَ الحَمْدِ[app. meaning He is prolix in praise]. (TA.)

Root: ريط - Entry: رَيْطَةٌ Signification: A3

The pl. رِيَاطٌ also signifies † Something resembling the سَرَاب [or mirage] in the desert. (TA.)


رَائِطَةٌ

رَائِطَةٌ: see above.


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