رماية

Arabic

Root
ر م ي (r m y)
7 terms

Noun

رِمَايَة • (rimāya) f

1. verbal noun of رَمَى (ramā) (form I)
2. throwing, tossing (as a profession)
3. shooting
   • a. 684, معن بن أوس [Maʿn Ibn Aws], فيا عجباً لمن ربيت طفلاً […]:

     أُعَلِّمُهُ ٱلرِّمَايَةَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ
     فَلَمَّا ٱشْتَدَّ سَاعِدُهُ رَمَانِي

     ʔuʕallimuhu r-rimāyata kulla yawmin
     falammā štadda sāʕiduhū ramānī

     I teach him shooting every day; and when his arm was steady he shot me.

Declension

Declension of noun رِمَايَة (rimāya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِمَايَة rimāya	الرِّمَايَة ar-rimāya	رِمَايَة rimāyat
Nominative	رِمَايَةٌ rimāyatun	الرِّمَايَةُ ar-rimāyatu	رِمَايَةُ rimāyatu
Accusative	رِمَايَةً rimāyatan	الرِّمَايَةَ ar-rimāyata	رِمَايَةَ rimāyata
Genitive	رِمَايَةٍ rimāyatin	الرِّمَايَةِ ar-rimāyati	رِمَايَةِ rimāyati

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رماية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen