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ريف

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of fertile land, often associated with agriculture and grazing. It extends to the idea of inhabiting or reaching such lands, and the land itself being fertile.

Derived headwords

الرِّيفnoun
  1. 1.
    land with cultivation and fertilityboth

    land with cultivation and fertility

أَرْيَافnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of rīfboth

    plural of rīf

رَاعَتْverb
  1. 1.
    grazedboth

    The past tense verb indicating that livestock fed upon the fertile land.

أَرِفْنَاverb
  1. 1.
    we arrived atclassical

    The past tense verb indicating movement towards or arrival at the fertile land.

أَخْصَبَتْverb
  1. 1.
    the land became fertileboth

    the land became fertile

رِيفَةadjective
  1. 1.
    fertileclassical

    An adjective describing land as being fertile, with emphasis due to the doubled 'yā'.

Parallel reading

الريف: أرض فيها زرع وخصب
Al-rīf: land with cultivation and fertility.
والجمع أرياف
And the plural is 'aryāf'.
وراعت الماشية الريف
And the livestock grazed the fertile land.
وأريفنا، أي صرنا إلى الريف
And we arrived at the fertile land, meaning we became towards the fertile land.
وأخصبت الأرض
And the land became fertile.
وهي أرض ريفة بتشديد الياء
And it is a fertile land with a stressed 'yā'.