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رَأْي
opinion /ˈraʔj/
nounA1#237 most common
Also: view, judgment, viewpoint
Example sentences
ما رَأْيُكَ؟
What is your opinion?
هَذَا رَأْيِي.
This is my opinion.
فِي رَأْيِي، الطَّقْسُ جَمِيلٌ الْيَوْمَ.
In my opinion, the weather is nice today.
لِكُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ الْحَقُّ فِي إِبْدَاءِ رَأْيِهِ.
Everyone has the right to express their opinion.
اِخْتَلَفَتْ آرَاءُ الْخُبَرَاءِ حَوْلَ هَذَا الْمَوْضُوعِ.
The experts' opinions differed on this subject.
رَغْمَ الِانْتِقَادَاتِ، تَمَسَّكَ بِرَأْيِهِ وَلَمْ يَتَرَاجَعْ عَنْهُ قَطُّ.
Despite the criticism, he held to his opinion and never backed away from it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رَأْيٌ | آرَاءٌ |
| Genitive | رَأْيٍ | آرَاءٍ |
| Accusative | رَأْياً | آرَاءً |
| Vocative | يا رَأْيُ | يا آرَاءُ |
Word family
Etymology
رَأْي is the verbal noun of the verb رَأَى, 'to see.' Arabic extended the sense from physical sight to mental sight, so the word came to mean a view held in the mind, an opinion. The triliteral root ر-أ-ي carries the idea of seeing and perceiving across a family of related words. It is a native Semitic root with no Indo-European source.
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