रयि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *raHíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”). Cognate with Old Persian [script needed] (rāy-, “paradise, wealth”), Avestan 𐬭𐬁𐬫- (rāy-, “paradise, wealth”), Latin rēs. Doublet of रै (rai). Compare also Proto-Slavic *rajь, an Iranian borrowing.

Traditionally explained as if from the root रा (√rā, “to grant, give, bestow, impart, yield, surrender”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.jí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɐ.ji/

Noun

र॒यि • (rayí) stem, m or f

1. property, goods, possessions, treasure, wealth, house (often personified)
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.67.1:

     त्वं सो॑मासि धार॒युर्म॒न्द्र ओजि॑ष्ठो अध्व॒रे।
     पव॑स्व मंह॒यद्र॑यिः॥

     tváṃ somāsi dhārayúrmandrá ójiṣṭho adhvaré.
     pávasva maṃhayádrayiḥ.

     You, Soma, who are most exhilarating, most powerful, are disposed to shed your stream at our sacrifice; flow then you who are the giver of riches.

2. stuff, materials

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of र॒यि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	र॒यिः (rayíḥ)	र॒यी (rayī́)	र॒ययः॑ (rayáyaḥ)
accusative	र॒यिम् (rayím)	र॒यी (rayī́)	र॒यीन् (rayī́n)
instrumental	र॒यिणा॑ (rayíṇā) र॒य्या¹ (rayyā́¹)	र॒यिभ्या॑म् (rayíbhyām)	र॒यिभिः॑ (rayíbhiḥ)
dative	र॒यये॑ (rayáye)	र॒यिभ्या॑म् (rayíbhyām)	र॒यिभ्यः॑ (rayíbhyaḥ)
ablative	र॒येः (rayéḥ) र॒य्यः¹ (rayyáḥ¹)	र॒यिभ्या॑म् (rayíbhyām)	र॒यिभ्यः॑ (rayíbhyaḥ)
genitive	र॒येः (rayéḥ) र॒य्यः¹ (rayyáḥ¹)	र॒य्योः (rayyóḥ)	र॒यी॒णाम् (rayīṇā́m)
locative	र॒यौ (rayáu) र॒या¹ (rayā́¹)	र॒य्योः (rayyóḥ)	र॒यिषु॑ (rayíṣu)
vocative	रये॑ (ráye)	रयी॑ (ráyī)	रय॑यः (ráyayaḥ)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine i-stem declension of र॒यि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	र॒यिः (rayíḥ)	र॒यी (rayī́)	र॒ययः॑ (rayáyaḥ)
accusative	र॒यिम् (rayím)	र॒यी (rayī́)	र॒यीः (rayī́ḥ)
instrumental	र॒य्या (rayyā́) र॒यी¹ (rayī́¹)	र॒यिभ्या॑म् (rayíbhyām)	र॒यिभिः॑ (rayíbhiḥ)
dative	र॒यये॑ (rayáye) र॒य्यै (rayyái)	र॒यिभ्या॑म् (rayíbhyām)	र॒यिभ्यः॑ (rayíbhyaḥ)
ablative	र॒येः (rayéḥ) र॒य्याः (rayyā́ḥ) र॒य्यै² (rayyái²)	र॒यिभ्या॑म् (rayíbhyām)	र॒यिभ्यः॑ (rayíbhyaḥ)
genitive	र॒येः (rayéḥ) र॒य्याः (rayyā́ḥ) र॒य्यै² (rayyái²)	र॒य्योः (rayyóḥ)	र॒यी॒णाम् (rayīṇā́m)
locative	र॒यौ (rayáu) र॒य्याम् (rayyā́m) र॒या¹ (rayā́¹)	र॒य्योः (rayyóḥ)	र॒यिषु॑ (rayíṣu)
vocative	रये॑ (ráye)	रयी॑ (ráyī)	रय॑यः (ráyayaḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “रयि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 868, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 438
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “rayi”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.