रि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• रय् (ray), री (rī)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰি (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬶ (Balinese script)
• রি (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ရိ (Burmese script)
• રિ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ರಿ (Kannada script)
• រិ (Khmer script)
• ຣິ (Lao script)
• രി (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐶 (Newa script)
• ରି (Odia script)
• ꢬꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖰 (Siddham script)
• රි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚮 (Takri script)
• ரி (Tamil script)
• రి (Telugu script)
• ริ (Thai script)
• རི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to move, churn”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *rìnǫti, Old English rinnan (whence English run).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾi/

Root

रि • (ri)

1. to release, set free, let go
2. to sever, detach from
3. to yield, bestow
4. (middle voice) to be shattered or dissolved, melt, become fluid, drop, flow

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root रि (0 c, 1 e)

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root रि not found

Primary Verbal Forms

• रिणाति (riṇā́ti, Present)
• रीयते (rī́yate, Present)
• रिणोति (riṇoti, Present)
• रियति (riyati, Present)
• रेष्यति (reṣyati, Future)
• रेता (retā, Periphrastic Future)
• अरैषीत् (araiṣīt, Aorist)
• रिराय (rirāya, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• रेपयति (repayati, Causative)
• अरीरिपत् (arīripat, Causative Aorist)
• रिरीषति (rirīṣati, Desiderative)
• रेरीयते (rerīyate, Intensive)
• रेरयीति (rerayīti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• रेतुम् (retum, Infinitive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• रित् (rít)
• रीति (rītí)
• रेणु (reṇú)
• रेतस् (rétas)
• रेतिन् (retín)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अनुरि (anuri)
• निरि (niri)
• प्ररि (prari)
• संरि (saṃri)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 881, column 2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 139
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “RAY”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 437-8