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ريه

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root describes the shimmering appearance of heat haze or mirage on the ground. It encompasses the movement and visual distortion associated with this phenomenon.

Derived headwords

الريهnoun
  1. 1.
    Mirage, heat hazeboth

    The shimmering appearance of heat on the surface of the earth, often resembling water. It can also refer to the coming and going of this visual distortion.

التريهnoun
  1. 1.
    Mirage, heat hazeclassical

    Synonymous with الريه, referring to the shimmering effect of heat on the ground, or its movement.

تريعverb
  1. 1.
    To shimmer, to waverclassical

    To appear as a mirage or heat haze, to shimmer and waver on the horizon.

تريعnoun
  1. 1.
    Wavering, shimmeringclassical

    The act or state of wavering or shimmering, as seen in a mirage.

المريهnoun
  1. 1.
    Mirage, heat hazeclassical

    The shimmering phenomenon of heat haze or mirage on the ground.

المريعnoun
  1. 1.
    Mirage, heat hazeclassical

    The shimmering phenomenon of heat haze or mirage on the ground.

Parallel reading

جري السراب على وجه الأرض
The mirage running on the face of the earth
مجيئه وذهابه
Its coming and its going
إذا جرى من آله المريه
When the mirage runs from its gods
كأن رقراق السراب الأمره
As if the shimmering of the intense mirage
يستن في ريعانه المريه
The mirage is stirred in its prime
كأنه ريه أو ريهته الهاجرة
As if it were a mirage or its mirage in the midday heat
وتريه السراب: تريع
And the mirage makes it shimmer: it shimmers
والمريه المريع
And the mirage is the shimmering one
يتميع هاهنا وهاهنا لا يستقيم له وجه
It wavers here and there, its direction does not stabilize