Quranic root
ريش
r · y · sh
The root centers on good condition and the good or resources acquired, with bird plumage as its concrete image of covering and adornment.
From feathers as a bird's clothing and ornament, the lexical field extends to human apparel, adornment, provision, property, restored prosperity, and the feathering or repair of arrows; further figurative extensions describe weakness or flimsiness.
- Maqāyīs · row 2199
- Mufradāt · row 603
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
رِيش
rīsh
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Clothing and adornment, metaphorically likened to a bird's plumage.
In the Quranic occurrence, the word denotes human apparel or adornment and is coordinated with لباس, rather than literal bird feathers.
- Lane · entry 25114
- Mufradāt · row 603
Selected Quran examples
Quran 7:26word 9
“and (as) an adornment”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 7:26وَرِيشًۭا ۖand (as) an adornment
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 19 Classical meanings
رَاشَهُ
To feather an arrow by attaching feathers to it; hence, to repair or set it right by feathering it.
Transitive.
- Lane · entry 25109
رَاشَهُ
To provide for, clothe, aid, or otherwise benefit someone; to restore him from poverty, strengthen his means of subsistence, or give him property.
A figurative extension from strengthening a wing; the verb may take both a person and the benefit or property supplied.
- Lane · entry 25109
رَاشَ
Of shoots or branches, to cover or clothe other branches.
A figurative usage; a less preferred interpretation explains the expression as surpassing the branches in length.
- Lane · entry 25109
رَاشَ
To become feathered.
Intransitive.
- Lane · entry 25109
رَاشَ
Of a bird, to shed many feathers.
Applied specifically to a bird in the cited usage.
- Lane · entry 25109
رَاشَ
To collect property and household goods.
A figurative extension from becoming furnished or feathered.
- Lane · entry 25109
رَاشَ
To become rich, prosperous, or well provided with wealth.
Intransitive; the cited discussion includes becoming abundant in wealth or competence.
- Lane · entry 25109
اِرْتَاشَ
To become strengthened in one's wing or power through beneficence; to come into a good condition or attain good, with its effect becoming apparent.
Figurative Form VIII usage describing recovery or improvement of condition.
- Lane · entry 25112
رَاشٌ
A bird whose feathers have grown.
- Lane · entry 25113
رَاشٌ
A man possessing property and clothing.
A figurative description derived from being furnished or feathered.
- Lane · entry 25113
رِيشٌ
The feathers or plumage of a bird, constituting its covering and ornament.
The word may refer generally to a bird's feathers and can be specified to its wing feathers.
- Lane · entry 25114
رِيشٌ
Prosperity, good condition, well-being, wealth, or abundance.
A figurative extension from covering, furnishing, and good appearance.
- Lane · entry 25114
رِيشٌ
Property, means of subsistence, household goods, furnishings, and the goods or comforts of life.
In the expression أَعْطَاهُ مِائَةً بِرِيشِهَا, the word refers to the saddles, coverings, or other equipment accompanying the camels.
- Lane · entry 25114
رَائِشٌ
An intermediary between a briber and the recipient of a bribe who arranges their affair or transfers one party's property to the other.
A conventional social and transactional usage.
- Lane · entry 25116
رَاشٌ
Of a spear, yielding, weak, or flimsy.
A figurative comparison with the weakness or yielding quality of feathers.
- Mufradāt · row 603
- Maqāyīs · row 2199
رَاشَّةُ الظَّهْرِ
Of a she-camel, having a weak back.
A specialized Classical Arabic description.
- Maqāyīs · row 2199
مَرِيشٌ
Of an arrow, feathered, having feathers attached, or having its feathers repaired or set right.
Passive participial description of an arrow.
- Lane · entry 25118
مَرِيشٌ
In the expression مَا لَهُ أَقَذُّ وَلَا مَرِيشٌ, having nothing at all.
Idiomatic usage, literally referring to having neither a featherless nor a feathered arrow.
- Lane · entry 25118
مُرَيَّشٌ
Of a burd garment, figured or marked with designs in the forms of feathers.
A specialized description of patterned cloth.
- Lane · entry 25119
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic example uses the independently supplied QAC location 7:26; Lane's historical citation to vii.25 is not converted into a modern location.
The Lane note associating a wealth-related verbal discussion with a historical Quran commentary citation is retained under the Classical verb sense and is not used to create an additional Quranic nominal sense.