ريحة

Arabic

Alternative forms

• رَائِحَة (rāʔiḥa)

Etymology

Morphologically from the root ر ي ح (r-y-ḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riː.ħa/

Noun

رِيحة • (rīḥa) f (plural رَوَايِح (rawāyiḥ))

1. smell, scent; odor

Declension

Declension of noun رِيحة (rīḥa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِيحة rīḥa	الرِّيحة ar-rīḥa	رِيحة rīḥat
Nominative	رِيحةٌ rīḥatun	الرِّيحةُ ar-rīḥatu	رِيحةُ rīḥatu
Accusative	رِيحةً rīḥatan	الرِّيحةَ ar-rīḥata	رِيحةَ rīḥata
Genitive	رِيحةٍ rīḥatin	الرِّيحةِ ar-rīḥati	رِيحةِ rīḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِيحتَيْن rīḥatayn	الرِّيحتَيْن ar-rīḥatayn	رِيحتَيْ rīḥatay
Nominative	رِيحتَانِ rīḥatāni	الرِّيحتَانِ ar-rīḥatāni	رِيحتَا rīḥatā
Accusative	رِيحتَيْنِ rīḥatayni	الرِّيحتَيْنِ ar-rīḥatayni	رِيحتَيْ rīḥatay
Genitive	رِيحتَيْنِ rīḥatayni	الرِّيحتَيْنِ ar-rīḥatayni	رِيحتَيْ rīḥatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَوَايِح rawāyiḥ	الرَّوَايِح ar-rawāyiḥ	رَوَايِح rawāyiḥ
Nominative	رَوَايِحُ rawāyiḥu	الرَّوَايِحُ ar-rawāyiḥu	رَوَايِحُ rawāyiḥu
Accusative	رَوَايِحَ rawāyiḥa	الرَّوَايِحَ ar-rawāyiḥa	رَوَايِحَ rawāyiḥa
Genitive	رَوَايِحَ rawāyiḥa	الرَّوَايِحِ ar-rawāyiḥi	رَوَايِحِ rawāyiḥi

Further reading

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ريح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic رِيحَة (rīḥa, “smell, odor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːħa/

Noun

رِيحة • (rīḥa) f (plural رَوَايِح ‎(rawāyiḥ))

1. smell, scent
2. odor