رياء

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Arabic

Alternative forms

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
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