Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

استرآهُ

Root: رأى

Form: 10

Full Definition

استرآهُX He, or it, called for, demanded, or required, the seeing of it; i. e., a thing.
2 See also 1, first sentence.
3 And see 3, last sentence but one.
4 You say also, يُسْتَرْأَى فُلَانٌ [Such a one is counted, accounted, or esteemed, hypocritical, or ostentatious], from الرِّئَآءُ [Verbal.Noun of 3]; like as you say, يُسْتَحْمِقُ, and يُسْتَعْقَلُ.


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