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Arabic root

ر-ا-ي

3 words from this root family

A1verb
يَرَى
yarā

he sees

Example
يَرَى الْجَبَلَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ.
yarā al-jabala min baʿīdin.
He sees the mountain from afar.
Grammar

A defective verb (final radical is yāʾ). Also means 'he thinks/believes' in some contexts.

A1verb
رَأَى
raʾā

to see

Example
رأيتُ صديقي في الشارعِ
raʾaytu ṣadīqī fī ash-shāriʿi
I saw my friend in the street
Grammar

Hamzated + defective verb (Form I). Past: ra'ā, Present: yarā. Irregular conjugation.

A2noun
رِئة
riʾa

lung

Example
التَدْخين يَضُرّ الرِئَتَيْن.
at-tadkhīn yaḍurr ar-riʾatayn.
Smoking harms the lungs.