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رِياضِيّ
athletic, sports-related /ri.jaːˈdˤiːj/
adjectiveA2#1124 most common
Also: mathematical, sporty, (as noun) athlete, mathematician
Example sentences
أَخِي رِياضِيّ.
My brother is athletic.
أَحْتاجُ إِلى حِذاءٍ رِياضِيّ جَديد.
I need a new pair of athletic shoes.
يُوجَدُ نادٍ رِياضِيّ كَبير قُرْبَ بَيْتِنا.
There is a big sports club near our house.
حَلَّ الطّالِبُ المَسْأَلَةَ بِاسْتِخْدامِ نَموذَجٍ رِياضِيّ دَقيق.
The student solved the problem using a precise mathematical model.
أَظْهَرَ الفَريقُ رُوحًا رِياضِيّةً عالِيَةً رَغْمَ الخَسارَة.
The team showed high sportsmanship despite the loss.
لا يُمْكِنُ فَهْمُ هذِهِ الظّاهِرَةِ الفيزيائِيَّةِ إِلّا مِنْ خِلالِ بُرْهانٍ رِياضِيٍّ مُحْكَم.
This physical phenomenon can only be understood through a rigorous mathematical proof.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رِياضِيٌّ | رِياضِيّونَ |
| Genitive | رِياضِيٍّ | رِياضِيّينَ |
| Accusative | رِياضِيًّا | رِياضِيّينَ |
| Vocative | يا رِياضِيُّ | يا رِياضِيّونَ |
Word family
رِياضةsport, exercise; physical training
رِياضِيّاتmathematics
رِياضِيّathlete; mathematicianتَرْويضtaming, domestication
رَوْضةgarden, meadow; kindergarten
Etymology
رِياضِيّ is a relational (nisba) adjective from رِياضة, 'sport, exercise.' Both go back to the Semitic root ر-و-ض, which meant to train or tame, as in breaking in a horse. The same root gives رَوْضة, 'meadow,' and the place name الرِّياض. The mathematical sense grew from the idea of رِياضة as exercise of the mind, so رِياضِيّات came to mean mathematics.
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