ريح

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ر و ح (r w ḥ)
23 terms

From Proto-West Semitic *rīḥ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

رِيح (rīḥf (plural رِيَاح (riyāḥ) or أَرْوَاح (ʔarwāḥ) or أَرْيَاح (ʔaryāḥ))

  1. wind
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 10:22:
      هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُسَيِّرُكُمْ فِي ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۖ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُمْ فِي ٱلْفُلْكِ وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِم بِرِيحٍ طَيِّبَةٍ وَفَرِحُوا۟ بِهَا جَاءَتْهَا رِيحٌ عَاصِفٌ وَجَاءَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْجُ مِن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَظَنُّوا۟ أَنَّهُمْ أُحِيطَ بِهِمْ ۙ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ لَئِنْ أَنْجَيْتَنَا مِنْ هَٰذِهِ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّاكِرِينَ
      huwa llaḏī yusayyiru-kum fī l-barri wa-l-baḥri ḥattā ʔiḏā kuntum fī l-fulki wa-jarayna bi-him bi-rīḥin ṭayyibatin wa-fariḥū bi-hā jāʔat-hā rīḥun ʕāṣifun wa-jāʔa-humu l-mawju min kulli makānin wa-ẓannū ʔanna-hum ʔuḥīṭa bi-him daʕawu llāha muḵliṣīna la-hu d-dīna la-ʔin ʔanjayta-nā min hāḏihī lanakūnanna mina š-šākirīna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. fart
  3. smell, odor
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Adjective

رَيِّح (rayyiḥ)

  1. windy
Declension

Etymology 2.1

Root
ر و ح (r w ḥ)
23 terms

Less intensive a causative than أَرَاحَ (ʔarāḥa). Note that yy instead of ww is very regular, medial و (w) in form II verbs from roots mediae waw are found in Arabic only by analogical root restoration.

Pronunciation

Verb

رَيَّحَ (rayyaḥa) II (non-past يُرَيِّحُ (yurayyiḥu), verbal noun تَرْيِيح (taryīḥ))

  1. to ease, to comfort, to relax
Conjugation

Etymology 2.2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

رِيحَ (rīḥa) (form I) /riː.ħa/

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of رَاحَ (rāḥa)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ر ي ح
2 terms

From Arabic رَيَّحَ (rayyaḥa).

Pronunciation

Verb

ريح (rayyaḥ) II (non-past يريح (yrayyaḥ))

  1. to sit down
  2. to relax
Conjugation
    Conjugation of ريح
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ريّحت (rayyaḥt) ريّحتي (rayyaḥti) ريّح (rayyaḥ) ريّحنا (rayyaḥna) ريّحتوا (rayyaḥtu) ريّحوا (rayyḥu)
f ريّحت (rayyḥāt)
non-past m نريّح (nrayyaḥ) تريّح (trayyaḥ) يريّح (yrayyaḥ) نريّحوا (nrayyḥu) تريّحوا (trayyḥu) يريّحوا (yrayyḥu)
f تريّحي (trayyḥi) تريّح (trayyaḥ)
imperative m ريّح (rayyaḥ) ريّحوا (rayyḥu)
f ريّحي (rayyḥi)

Etymology 2

Root
ر و ح
5 terms

From Arabic رِيح (rīḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riːħ/
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Noun

ريح (rīḥm or f (plural رياح (ryāḥ))

  1. wind

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر و ح
16 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic رَيَّحَ (rayyaḥa).

Pronunciation

Verb

ريّح (rayyaḥ) II (present بريّح (birayyeḥ), active participle مريّح (mrayyeḥ))

  1. (transitive) to calm, to soothe, to give (someone) a break
Conjugation
    Conjugation of ريّح (rayyaḥ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ريّحت (rayyaḥt) ريّحت (rayyaḥt) ريّح (rayyaḥ) ريّحنا (rayyaḥna) ريّحتو (rayyaḥtu) ريّحو (rayyaḥu)
f ريّحتي (rayyaḥti) ريّحت (rayyaḥat)
present m بريّح (barayyeḥ) بتريّح (bitrayyeḥ) بريّح (birayyeḥ) منريّح (minrayyeḥ) بتريّحو (bitrayyḥu) بريّحو (birayyḥu)
f بتريّحي (bitrayyḥi) بتريّح (bitrayyeḥ)
subjunctive m اريّح (arayyeḥ) تريّح (trayyeḥ) يريّح (yrayyeḥ) نريّح (nrayyeḥ) تريّحو (trayyḥu) يريّحو (yrayyḥu)
f تريّحي (trayyḥi) تريّح (trayyeḥ)
imperative m ريّح (rayyeḥ) ريّحو (rayyḥu)
f ريّحي (rayyḥi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic رِيح (rīḥ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ريح (rīḥf (plural أرياح (ʔaryāḥ))

  1. (formal) air, wind
    Synonym: هوا (hawa)
  2. (formal) smell, scent
    Synonym: ريحة (rīḥa)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ریح (rīh), from Arabic ريح (rīḥ).

Noun

ريح (rīh? (Hindi spelling रीह)

  1. smell, odor