رياء

Arabic

Root
ر ء ي (r ʔ y)
15 terms

Alternative forms

• رِئَاء (riʔāʔ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri.jaːʔ/
• Rhymes: -aːʔ

Noun

رِيَاء • (riyāʔ) m

1. verbal noun of رَاءَى (rāʔā) (form II), doing a good action only to be seen by others as a good person
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:38:

     وَٱلَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ رِئَاءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللّٰهِ وَلَا بِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْآخِرِ

     wa-llaḏīna yunfiqūna ʔamwālahum riʔāʔa n-nāsi wa-lā yuʔminūna bi-llāhi wa-lā bi-l-yawmi l-ʔāḵiri

     And those who spend of their wealth to be seen by the people and believe not in God nor in the Day of Judgment.

Declension

Declension of noun رِيَاء (riyāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِيَاء riyāʔ	الرِّيَاء ar-riyāʔ	رِيَاء riyāʔ
Nominative	رِيَاءٌ riyāʔun	الرِّيَاءُ ar-riyāʔu	رِيَاءُ riyāʔu
Accusative	رِيَاءً riyāʔan	الرِّيَاءَ ar-riyāʔa	رِيَاءَ riyāʔa
Genitive	رِيَاءٍ riyāʔin	الرِّيَاءِ ar-riyāʔi	رِيَاءِ riyāʔi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: riya
• → Persian: ریا (riyâ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ریاء (riyâ)
  • > Turkish: riya (inherited)
• → Uyghur: رىيا (riya)
• → Uzbek: riyo