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رءى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 اِرْتَاآهُ ذ [is syn. with رَاآهُ as signifying He saw him, or it, with the eye; and also, with the mind ]: see 1, first sentence: or it is [syn. with رَاآهُ in the latter sense only, being] from الرَّأْىُ and التَّدْبِيرُ: (S, TA:) or اِرْتَأَى is from رَأْىُ القَلْبِ, (Lth, T,) or from رُؤْيَةُالقَلْبِ, or from الرَّأْىُ, and means he thought, reflected, or considered, and acted deliberately, or leisurely. (IAth, TA.) You say, اِرْتَأَيْنَا فِى الأَمْرِ, and ↓ تَرَاآءَيْنَا [i. e. تراآءينا فِيهِ] or تَرَاآءَيْنَاهُ, (accord. to different copies of the K,) meaning نَظَرْنَاهُ [or نَظَرْنَاهُنَظَرْنَا فيه, i. e. We looked into, examined, or considered, the affair, or case ]. (K.) And اِرْتَاآهُ وَا@عْتَقَدَهُ [ He saw it with his mind, looked into it, examined it, or considered it, and believed it ]. (Mgh.)

Derived headwords

اِرْتَاآهُverb
  1. 1.
رَأْىُ القَلْبِ
اِرْتَأَيْنَا فِى الأَمْرِ
تراآءينا فِيهِ
نَظَرْنَاهُنَظَرْنَا فيه
اِرْتَاآهُ وَا@عْتَقَدَهُ