ระยับ

rá-yáp

Meanings

1NounB2

sparkling; twinkling; shimmering; glinting

Shining with many small, quick flashes or a rippling light; flickering or glinting repeatedly.

Examples

ผิวน้ำpĭu náamผิวน้ำpĭu náamwater surface; surface of the waterในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)คลองklongคลองklong1canal2natural stream; creek (dialectal/archaic)3classifier: canals/ditchesระยับrá-yápระยับrá-yáp1sparkling; twinkling; shimmering; glinting2[to] sparkle; twinkle; shimmer; glintเมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)แดดdàetแดดdàet1strong sunlight; blazing sun2sunlight; sunshineส่องsòngส่องsòng1[to] shine (a light); illuminate2[to] examine closely; inspect3[to] snoop; check out (informal)4[to] observe; survey
The canal’s surface glints when the sun shines.
2NounB2

[to] sparkle; twinkle; shimmer; glint

To shine with many small, quick flashes or a rippling light; to flicker or glint repeatedly.

Examples

คลื่นทะเลklêun tá-layคลื่นทะเลklêun tá-laysea wave; ocean waveสะท้อนแสงsà-tón săengสะท้อนแสงsà-tón săeng1[to] reflect light2reflective (of light)จันทร์janจันทร์jan1Monday2lunar; of Monday3the Moonระยับrá-yápระยับrá-yáp1sparkling; twinkling; shimmering; glinting2[to] sparkle; twinkle; shimmer; glintเหมือนmĕuuanเหมือนmĕuuan1similar; alike2like; as3as if; as thoughผ้าpâaผ้าpâa1cloth; fabric; textile2cloth item3classifier: piece/bolt of cloth (Thai classifier)ละเอียดlá-ìiatละเอียดlá-ìiat1fine; minute; tiny (texture/particles)2detailed; thorough3refined (opposite of crude)4delicate; sensitive; subtleพลิ้วไหวplíu wăiพลิ้วไหวplíu wăi1[to] sway/undulate softly2supple; flowing (style/motion)
The sea waves reflected the moonlight, flickering like delicate flowing fabric.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ระráระrá1bound element ‘ระ-’ (rapid; repeated; scattered) [colloq.]2bound form ‘ระ-’ (between; among; within)3echo/reduplicative element (sound-symbolic)Part 1
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ยับyápยับyáp1crumpled; wrinkled2in tatters; ruined; badly damaged3badly; severely; to bitsPart 2
ระยับrá-yápระยับrá-yápsparkling; twinkling; shimmering; glinting