رياضي

Arabic

Root
ر و ض (r-w-ḍ)

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of رِيَاضَة (riyāḍa, athletic exercise) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ri.jaː.dˤijj/

Adjective

رِيَاضِيّ • (riyāḍiyy) (feminine رِيَاضِيَّة (riyāḍiyya), masculine plural رِيَاضِيُّونَ (riyāḍiyyūna), feminine plural رِيَاضِيَّات (riyāḍiyyāt))

  1. of or pertaining to sports
    أَلْعَاب رِيَاضِيَّة (ʔalʕāb riyāḍiyya, sports)
    أَخْبَار رِيَاضِيَّة (ʔaḵbār riyāḍiyya, sports news)
    مُرَاسِل رِيَاضِيّ (murāsil riyāḍiyy, sports reporter)
    1. sportsmanly; sportsmanlike
      رُوح رِيَاضِيّة (rūḥ riyāḍiyya, a sportsmanly spirit)
  2. of or pertaining to physical sports or athletics
    1. resemblant of athletes, athletic
      نَمَط رِيَاضِيّ (namaṭ riyāḍiyy, an athletic type)
      جَسَد رِيَاضِيّ (jasad riyāḍiyy, an athletic body)
  3. mathematical

Declension

Noun

رِيَاضِيّ • (riyāḍiyy) m (plural رِيَاضِيُّون (riyāḍiyyūn))

  1. athlete, sportsman
  2. mathematician
  3. a person from Riyadh

Declension

References

  • رياضي” in Almaany
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “رياضي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 426
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