Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ر و ح (r-w-ḥ). From Proto-West Semitic *rīḥ-.

Pronunciation 1 edit

Noun edit

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
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Pronunciation 2 edit

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رَيِّح (rayyiḥ)

  1. windy
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Etymology 2 edit

From the root ر و ح (r-w-ḥ), 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 edit

Verb edit

رَيَّحَ (rayyaḥa) II, non-past يُرَيِّحُ‎ (yurayyiḥu)

  1. to ease, to comfort, to relax
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Etymology 3 edit

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رِيحَ (rīḥa) (form I)

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

Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ر ي ح
2 terms

From Arabic رَيَّحَ (rayyaḥa).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to sit down
  2. to relax
Conjugation edit
    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 edit

Root
ر و ح
5 terms

From Arabic رِيح (rīḥ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /riːħ/
  • (file)

Noun edit

ريح (rīḥm or f (plural رياح (ryāḥ))

  1. wind

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ر و ح
16 terms

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic رَيَّحَ (rayyaḥa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /raj.jaħ/, [raj.jaħ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

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

  1. (transitive) to calm, to soothe, to give (someone) a break
Conjugation edit
    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 edit

From Arabic رِيح (rīḥ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /riːħ/, [riːħ]
  • (file)

Noun edit

ريح (rīḥf (plural أرياح (ʔaryāḥ))

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

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

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

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ريح (rīh? (Hindi spelling रीह)

  1. smell, odor