ريشة

See also: ریشه

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر ي ش (r-y-š) meaning “to clad”, “feathers” or “plumage”, “bristles”, “bodily adornments”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riː.ʃa/

Noun

رِيشَة • (rīša) f (singulative, collective رِيش m (rīš), plural رِيَاش (riyāš) or أَرْيَاش (ʔaryāš), paucal رِيشَات (rīšāt))

1. feather
2. quill
3. writing pen
4. (painting) brush
5. plectrum, guitar pick
6. lancet
7. (Egypt, music) reed

Declension

Declension of noun رِيشَة (rīša)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِيشَة rīša	الرِّيشَة ar-rīša	رِيشَة rīšat
Nominative	رِيشَةٌ rīšatun	الرِّيشَةُ ar-rīšatu	رِيشَةُ rīšatu
Accusative	رِيشَةً rīšatan	الرِّيشَةَ ar-rīšata	رِيشَةَ rīšata
Genitive	رِيشَةٍ rīšatin	الرِّيشَةِ ar-rīšati	رِيشَةِ rīšati
Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِيش rīš	الرِّيش ar-rīš	رِيش rīš
Nominative	رِيشٌ rīšun	الرِّيشُ ar-rīšu	رِيشُ rīšu
Accusative	رِيشًا rīšan	الرِّيشَ ar-rīša	رِيشَ rīša
Genitive	رِيشٍ rīšin	الرِّيشِ ar-rīši	رِيشِ rīši
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِيشَتَيْن rīšatayn	الرِّيشَتَيْن ar-rīšatayn	رِيشَتَيْ rīšatay
Nominative	رِيشَتَانِ rīšatāni	الرِّيشَتَانِ ar-rīšatāni	رِيشَتَا rīšatā
Accusative	رِيشَتَيْنِ rīšatayni	الرِّيشَتَيْنِ ar-rīšatayni	رِيشَتَيْ rīšatay
Genitive	رِيشَتَيْنِ rīšatayni	الرِّيشَتَيْنِ ar-rīšatayni	رِيشَتَيْ rīšatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِيشَات rīšāt	الرِّيشَات ar-rīšāt	رِيشَات rīšāt
Nominative	رِيشَاتٌ rīšātun	الرِّيشَاتُ ar-rīšātu	رِيشَاتُ rīšātu
Accusative	رِيشَاتٍ rīšātin	الرِّيشَاتِ ar-rīšāti	رِيشَاتِ rīšāti
Genitive	رِيشَاتٍ rīšātin	الرِّيشَاتِ ar-rīšāti	رِيشَاتِ rīšāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِيَاش‎; أَرْيَاش riyāš‎; ʔaryāš	الرِّيَاش‎; الْأَرْيَاش ar-riyāš‎; al-ʔaryāš	رِيَاش‎; أَرْيَاش riyāš‎; ʔaryāš
Nominative	رِيَاشٌ‎; أَرْيَاشٌ riyāšun‎; ʔaryāšun	الرِّيَاشُ‎; الْأَرْيَاشُ ar-riyāšu‎; al-ʔaryāšu	رِيَاشُ‎; أَرْيَاشُ riyāšu‎; ʔaryāšu
Accusative	رِيَاشًا‎; أَرْيَاشًا riyāšan‎; ʔaryāšan	الرِّيَاشَ‎; الْأَرْيَاشَ ar-riyāša‎; al-ʔaryāša	رِيَاشَ‎; أَرْيَاشَ riyāša‎; ʔaryāša
Genitive	رِيَاشٍ‎; أَرْيَاشٍ riyāšin‎; ʔaryāšin	الرِّيَاشِ‎; الْأَرْيَاشِ ar-riyāši‎; al-ʔaryāši	رِيَاشِ‎; أَرْيَاشِ riyāši‎; ʔaryāši

Descendants

• Maltese: rixa

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ريشة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 575
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “ريشة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 216
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ريشة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 430
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ريشة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1200