See also: رأي, زاي, and رأی

Arabic

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Root
ر ء ي (r ʔ y)
15 terms

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Etymology

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Cognate with Biblical Hebrew רָאָה (rāʾâ) and Ge'ez ርእየ (rəʾyä).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ra.ʔaː/
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Verb

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رَأَى (raʔā) I (non-past يَرَى (yarā), verbal noun رُؤْيَة (ruʔya))

  1. (transitive) to see (to perceive with the eyes)
    لَا أَرَى شَيْئًا.
    ʔarā šayʔan.
    I can't see anything.
  2. to see again in one's mind, to play back a memory, to look back on

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رَأَى (raʔā) I (non-past يَرَى (yarā), verbal noun رَأْي (raʔy))

  1. to deem true, to opine or hold the opinion of, to have that outlook on something, to see or view it that way, to be of that thinking or to have such thoughts
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 37:102:
      فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعْيَ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنِّي أَرَى فِي ٱلْمَنَامِ أَنِّي أَذْبَحُكَ فَٱنْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَى قَالَ يَا أَبَتِ ٱفْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّٰهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّابِرِينَ
      falammā balaḡa maʕahu s-saʕya qāla yā bunayya ʔinnī ʔarā fī l-manāmi ʔannī ʔaḏbaḥuka fanẓur māḏā tarā qāla yā ʔabati fʕal mā tuʔmaru satajidunī ʔin šāʔa llāhu mina ṣ-ṣābirīna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to review in one's mind, to consider it, to reflect on it, to contemplate, to review something to see its deeper significance, to look back over, to speculate upon
  3. to plant a flag or banner in the ground, to place down one's ensign or mark
  4. (transitive, obsolete) to hit someone's lung, to complain of pain in one's lungs

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رَأَى (raʔā) I (non-past يَرَى (yarā), verbal noun رُؤْيَا (ruʔyā))

  1. (transitive) to dream, to have a dream
  2. to imagine, to fancy, to conceive a thought or to conceptualize, to see (to perceive in one's dream)
  3. to envision, to foresee, to suppose, to anticipate a future outcome, to speculate or reckon it will be, to have a premonition or forewarning

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Descendants

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  • Maltese: ra

References

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