रयि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *raHíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”). Cognate with Old Persian [script needed] (rāy-, “paradise, wealth”), Avestan 𐬭𐬁𐬫- (rāy-, “paradise, wealth”), Latin rēs. Doublet of रै (rai). Compare also Proto-Slavic *rajь, an Iranian borrowing.

Traditionally explained as if from the root रा (√rā, “to grant, give, bestow, impart, yield, surrender”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.jí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.ji/

Noun

रयि • (rayí) stem, m or f

1. property, goods, possessions, treasure, wealth, house (often personified)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.67.1:

     त्वं सो॑मासि धार॒युर्म॒न्द्र ओजि॑ष्ठो अध्व॒रे।
     पव॑स्व मंह॒यद्र॑यिः॥

     tváṃ somāsi dhārayúrmandrá ójiṣṭho adhvaré.
     pávasva maṃhayádrayiḥ.

     You, Soma, who are most exhilarating, most powerful, are disposed to shed your stream at our sacrifice; flow then you who are the giver of riches.

2. stuff, materials

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of रयि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रयिः (rayíḥ)	रयी (rayī́)	रययः (rayáyaḥ)
vocative	रये (ráye)	रयी (ráyī)	रययः (ráyayaḥ)
accusative	रयिम् (rayím)	रयी (rayī́)	रयीन् (rayī́n)
instrumental	रयिणा (rayíṇā) रय्या¹ (rayyā́¹)	रयिभ्याम् (rayíbhyām)	रयिभिः (rayíbhiḥ)
dative	रयये (rayáye)	रयिभ्याम् (rayíbhyām)	रयिभ्यः (rayíbhyaḥ)
ablative	रयेः (rayéḥ) रय्यः¹ (rayyáḥ¹)	रयिभ्याम् (rayíbhyām)	रयिभ्यः (rayíbhyaḥ)
genitive	रयेः (rayéḥ) रय्यः¹ (rayyáḥ¹)	रय्योः (rayyóḥ)	रयीणाम् (rayīṇā́m)
locative	रयौ (rayaú) रया¹ (rayā́¹)	रय्योः (rayyóḥ)	रयिषु (rayíṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine i-stem declension of रयि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रयिः (rayíḥ)	रयी (rayī́)	रययः (rayáyaḥ)
vocative	रये (ráye)	रयी (ráyī)	रययः (ráyayaḥ)
accusative	रयिम् (rayím)	रयी (rayī́)	रयीः (rayī́ḥ)
instrumental	रय्या (rayyā́) रयी¹ (rayī́¹)	रयिभ्याम् (rayíbhyām)	रयिभिः (rayíbhiḥ)
dative	रयये (rayáye) रय्यै² (rayyaí²) रयी¹ (rayī́¹)	रयिभ्याम् (rayíbhyām)	रयिभ्यः (rayíbhyaḥ)
ablative	रयेः (rayéḥ) रय्याः² (rayyā́ḥ²) रय्यै³ (rayyaí³)	रयिभ्याम् (rayíbhyām)	रयिभ्यः (rayíbhyaḥ)
genitive	रयेः (rayéḥ) रय्याः² (rayyā́ḥ²) रय्यै³ (rayyaí³)	रय्योः (rayyóḥ)	रयीणाम् (rayīṇā́m)
locative	रयौ (rayaú) रय्याम्² (rayyā́m²) रया¹ (rayā́¹)	रय्योः (rayyóḥ)	रयिषु (rayíṣu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Later Sanskrit
• ³Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रयि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 868, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 438
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “rayi”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.