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رِىٌّ

Root: رى

Full Definition

رِىٌّ : see art. روى

def.2 It is also said in the K, in art. رأى, to be a pl. of رَأْىٌ: see this latter word.
2 Also Beauty of aspect; (K; and M in art. روى;) accord. to him who holds it to be without ء; said by AAF to mean beauty as implying نَمْعَةٌ [and therefore belonging to art. روى]. (M in art. روى. [See also رِئْىٌ, in art. رأى.])
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