رياء

رياء

Arabic

Alternative forms

• رِئَاء‎ (riʾāʾ)

Noun

رِيَاء • (riyāʾ) m

1. verbal noun of رَاءَى‎ (rāʾā) (form II), doing a good action only to be seen by others as a good person
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:38:

     ‏وَٱلَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ رِئَاءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللّٰهِ وَلَا بِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْآخِرِ‎

     wa-llaḏīna yunfiqūna ʾamwālahum riʾāʾa n-nāsi wa-lā yuʾminūna bi-llāhi wa-lā bi-l-yawmi l-ʾāḵiri

     And those who spend of their wealth to be seen by the people and believe not in God nor in the Day of Judgment.

Declension

Declension of noun رِيَاء (riyāʾ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِيَاء riyāʾ	الرِّيَاء‎ ar-riyāʾ	رِيَاء riyāʾ
Nominative	رِيَاءٌ riyāʾun	الرِّيَاءُ‎ ar-riyāʾu	رِيَاءُ riyāʾu
Accusative	رِيَاءً riyāʾan	الرِّيَاءَ‎ ar-riyāʾa	رِيَاءَ riyāʾa
Genitive	رِيَاءٍ riyāʾin	الرِّيَاءِ‎ ar-riyāʾi	رِيَاءِ riyāʾi