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ر-و-ي

The Arabic root ر-و-ي (r-w-y)

Form I verb رَوَى: to tell

13 words in the dictionary are built from ر-و-ي, including verbs in Forms I, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

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Verb · Form I
to tell
Verb · Form I
رَوَى
to twist
Verb · Form I
رَوَى
to bring water
Adjective
رَيَّان
plump

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

رَوَى · present يَرْوِي
Form I · The plain action

to tell, to narrate, to relate; to recite (from memory); to report, to give an account of (something)

Verbal noun
novel
رَاوٍ
Active participle
who narrates
رَاوٍ
Active participle
narrator
مَرْوِيّ
Passive participle
narrated
مَرْوِيّ
Passive participle
irrigated
رَوَى · present يَرْوِي
Form I · The plain action

to twist (rope); to bind with rope

رَيّ
Verbal noun
irrigation
رَاوٍ
Active participle
مَرْوِيّ
Passive participle
رَوَى · present يَرْوِي
Form I · The plain action

to bring water, to provide water

رَيَّة
Verbal noun
رَيّ
Verbal noun
رَاوٍ
Active participle
مَرْوِيّ
Passive participle
اِرْتَوَى · present يَرْتَوِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to satisfy one’s requirement for water

اِرْتِوَاء
Verbal noun
مُرْتَوٍ
Active participle
who has drunk to satiety
مُرْتَوًى
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

رَيَّان
Adjective
plump
رَوِيَّة
Noun
deliberation

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