رِيعٌ

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رِيعٌ and رَيْعٌ , the former occurring, or the latter accord. to one reading, in the Kur [xxvi. 128], High, or elevated, land or ground: or a high, or an elevated, place; which latter signification is also assigned to رِيعَةٌ ; and whence the phrase, كَمْ رِيعُ أَرْضِكَ, meaning what is the elevation of thy land? [a phrase not to be mistaken for كَمْ رَيْعُ أَرْضِكَ, in which the meaning is “ increase: ”] or any [road such as is termed] فَجّ: or a road of any kind, to which some add, whether travelled or not: (TA: [see an ex. in the first paragraph of art. سمت:]) or a road opening so as to form a gap in a mountain; or, as in some copies of the K, from a mountain; but the former is what is termed فَجٌّ, before mentioned: or a mountain; so accord. to 'Omárah: or, as in some copies of the S, a small mountain: or signifying also a high mountain: n. of un. with ة [i. e. رِيعَةٌ , as it is written in the S; and رَيْعَةٌ also, as implied in the K]: (S, K: [in the former immediately following the signification of “ mountain; ” and in the latter, so following that of “ high mountain; ” whence it seems that رِيعٌ and رَيْعٌ are sometimes used, at least in one sense, as coll. gen. ns.:]) pl. [of mult.] رِيَاعٌ, which is extr., and رُيُوعٌ, and [of pauc.] أَرْيَاعٌ: but AO says, contr. to J, that رِيعَةٌ is pl. of رِيعٌ: or رِيعٌ and رَيْعٌ signify the channel of the torrent of a valley from any, or every, high, or elevated, place. Also the former, A high mound, or heap of sand, or hill: and a Christian's cloister or cell; syn. صَوْمَعَةٌ: and a pigeon-turret.

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