ر ء ي

Arabic

Root

ر ء ي • (r-ʔ-y)

1. Related to seeing (“to perceive with the eyes”)

Derived terms

• Form I: رَأَى (raʔā, “to see”)
  • Active participle: رَاءٍ (rāʔin)
  • Passive participle: مَرْئِيّ (marʔiyy)
• Form III: رَاءَى (rāʔā)
  • Verbal noun: رِئَاء (riʔāʔ), رِيَاء (riyāʔ), مُرَاءَاة (murāʔāh)
  • Active participle: مُرَاءٍ (murāʔin)
  • Passive participle: مُرَاءًى (murāʔan)
• Form IV: أَرَى (ʔarā)
  • Verbal noun: إِرَاءَة (ʔirāʔa)
  • Active participle: مُرٍ (murin)
  • Passive participle: مُرًى (muran)
• Form V: تَرَأَّى (taraʔʔā)
  • Verbal noun: تَرَأٍّ (taraʔʔin)
  • Active participle: مُتَرَأٍّ (mutaraʔʔin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَرَأًّى (mutaraʔʔan)
• Form VI: تَرَاءَى (tarāʔā)
  • Verbal noun: تَرَاءٍ (tarāʔin)
  • Active participle: مُتَرَاءٍ (mutarāʔin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَرَاءًى (mutarāʔan)
• Form VIII: اِرْتَأَى (irtaʔā)
  • Verbal noun: اِرْتِئَاء (irtiʔāʔ), اِرْتِيَاء (irtiyāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُرْتَأٍ (murtaʔin)
  • Passive participle: مُرْتَأًى (murtaʔan)
• Form X: اِسْتَرْأَى (istarʔā)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِرْآء (istirʔāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَرْءٍ (mustarʔin)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَرْأًى (mustarʔan)
• رَايَة (rāya, “banner, ensign”)
• رَأْي (raʔy, “opinion”)
• رُؤْيَة (ruʔya, “sight, vision, perception”)
• رُؤْيَا (ruʔyā)
• رَائْيَة (rāʔya)
• مِرْآة (mirʔāh)
• مَرْأًى (marʔan)
• مَرْئِيّ (marʔiyy)

References

• Lane, Arabic-English Lexicon (1863), pp. 998-1002.