روى

رَيَّا ذ [originally رَوْيَا] A sweet odour (T, M, K) of anything. (T.) One says of a woman, اـِنَّهَا لَطَيِّبَةُ الرَّيَّا, meaning Verily she is sweet in the odour of her body: and hence the saying of Imrael-Keys, اـِذَا قَامَتَا تَضَوَّعَ المِسْكُ مِنْهُمَا نَسِيمَ الصَّبَا جَاآءَتْ بِرَيَّا القَرَنْفُلِ [ When they stand, the fragrance of musk is diffused from them, like the breath of the east wind that has brought the sweet odour of the clove ]. (T.) -A2- It is also fem. of رَيَّانُ. (T, S, M, &c.)