رِئْىٌ
Root: رأى
Full Definition
رِئْىٌ
, in the K said to be
رُئِىٌّ , like صُلِىٌّ, and
and
مَرْآةٌ
Aspect, look, or outward appearance: [and so
رُؤْيَةٌ ; used in this sense in the S and K in explanation of طَلْعَةٌ:] or the first and second (i. e. رِئْىٌ and
, M) signify beauty of aspect or outward appearance; or so does this last; [and so رُوَآءٌ, with و, mentioned in the S in art. روى, and there explained as syn. with مَنْظَرٌ;] and
مَرْآةٌ signifies aspect, or outward appearance, absolutely, whether beautiful or ugly: or this (مرآة) signifies a beautiful aspect or outward appearance: and رِئْىٌ signifies what the eye sees, of goodly condition and clean apparel; as in the phrase in the Kur [xix. 75], هُمٌ أَحسَنُ
أَثَاثًا وَوِئْيًا [they being better in respect of goods, or property, and of appearance of goodly condition and outward apparel], accord. to him who reads it [thus] with ء; and read without ء it may be from the same, or from رَوِيَتْ أَلْوَانُهُمْ
وَجُلُودُهُمْ meaning “ their colours and skins became full and beautiful ” [or rather “ beautiful and full ”] : for Náfi' and Ibn-'Ámir read رِيًّا, by conversion of the ء [into ى] and incorporating it [into the radical ى], or from الرِّىٌّ meaning النَّعْمَةُ; and Aboo-Bekr read رِئًا, by transposition; and another reading is رِيًا, with the ء suppressed; and another زِيًّا, from الزَّىُّ. One says
اِمْرَأَةٌ حَسَنَةُ and
[A woman beautiful of aspect]; like as you say حَسَنَةُ المَنْظَرَةِ and المَنْظَرِ: and فُلَانٌ حَسَنٌ فِى العَيْنِ
Such a one is beautiful in aspect: and it is said in a prov., تُخْبِرُ عَنْ مَجْهُولِهِ
His outward appearance indicates [what would otherwise be his unknown character, meaning,] his inward state. [See also تَرِئيَةٌ]
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