Arabic word sheet
رَأَى
to see
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ر ء ي
Meaning and usage
to see
To perceive someone or something with the eyes. Said of anything that comes into view.
رَأَى سَامِي الْقِطَارَ فِي الْمَحَطَّةِ.
Sami saw the train at the station.
to consider, to judge
To see with the mind: to hold someone or something to be such, to form a view or an opinion of it.
رَأَى الْمُعَلِّمُ الدَّرْسَ سَهْلًا.
The teacher considered the lesson easy.
to face, to look onto
By a figure of speech, said of a place or a house standing opposite another, as though it saw it.
دَارُ الْجَارِ تَرَى السُّوقَ.
The neighbour's house looks onto the market.
Word family
What the root means ر ء ي
The root carries the idea of seeing, first with the eyes and then with the mind. The family grows from that: sight, the opinion one forms, what one sees in a dream, and seeing one another.
sight, seeing
رُؤْيَةٌ
opinion, view
رَأْيٌ
dream, vision
رُؤْيَا
to see one another
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