ريشة

See also: ریشه‎

Arabic

Etymology

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

Noun

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

feather
quill
writing pen
(painting) brush
plectrum, guitar pick
lancet
(Egypt, wind instrument) reed

Declension

Declension of noun رِيشَة (rīša)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	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
Collective	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
Paucal (3-10)	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
Plural of variety	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِيَاش‎‎; أَرْيَاش‎ riyāš‎; ʾaryāš	الرِّيَاش‎‎; الْأَرْيَاش‎ ar-riyāš‎; al-ʾaryāš	رِيَاش‎‎; أَرْيَاش‎ riyāš‎; ʾaryāš
Nominative	رِيَاشٌ‎‎; أَرْيَاشٌ‎ riyāšun‎; ʾaryāšun	الرِّيَاشُ‎‎; الْأَرْيَاشُ‎ ar-riyāšu‎; al-ʾaryāšu	رِيَاشُ‎‎; أَرْيَاشُ‎ riyāšu‎; ʾaryāšu
Accusative	رِيَاشًا‎‎; أَرْيَاشًا‎ riyāšan‎; ʾaryāšan	الرِّيَاشَ‎‎; الْأَرْيَاشَ‎ ar-riyāša‎; al-ʾaryāša	رِيَاشَ‎‎; أَرْيَاشَ‎ riyāša‎; ʾaryāša
Genitive	رِيَاشٍ‎‎; أَرْيَاشٍ‎ riyāšin‎; ʾaryāšin	الرِّيَاشِ‎‎; الْأَرْيَاشِ‎ ar-riyāši‎; al-ʾaryāši	رِيَاشِ‎‎; أَرْيَاشِ‎ riyāši‎; ʾaryāši

Descendants

Maltese: rixa

References

Wehr, Hans (1976), “ريشة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Lane, Edward William (1863), “ريشة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1200

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