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رَأْيَةٌ

Root: رأى

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رَأْيَةٌ , originally thus, with ء; but the Arabs prefer omitting it, [saying رَايَةٌ,] and some of them say that it has not been heard with ء; [Az says,] the Arabs did not pronounce it with ء: accord. to Lth, its radical letters are رىى: A banner, or standard, of an army: pl. رَايَاتٌ [See also art. رى.]
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