رئاسة

Arabic

Root
ر ء س (r ʔ s)
7 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of رَأَسَ (raʔasa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ri.ʔaː.sa/

Noun

رِئَاسَة • (riʔāsa) f

verbal noun of رَأَسَ (raʔasa) (form I)
ruling, governing
leadership, chairmanship
presidency
dominion, command
princeliness
ecclesiastical government (opposed to سِيَاسَة (siyāsa, “political government”))

Declension

Declension of noun **رِئَاسَة** (riʔāsa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رِئَاسَة riʔāsa	الرِّئَاسَة ar-riʔāsa	رِئَاسَة riʔāsat
nominative	رِئَاسَةٌ riʔāsatun	الرِّئَاسَةُ ar-riʔāsatu	رِئَاسَةُ riʔāsatu
accusative	رِئَاسَةً riʔāsatan	الرِّئَاسَةَ ar-riʔāsata	رِئَاسَةَ riʔāsata
genitive	رِئَاسَةٍ riʔāsatin	الرِّئَاسَةِ ar-riʔāsati	رِئَاسَةِ riʔāsati

Alternative forms

رِيَاسَة (riyāsa)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: rəyasət, riyasət
→ Classical Persian: ریاست (riyāsat)
- → Chagatai:
  - Uyghur: رىياسەت (riyaset)
  - Uzbek: riyosat
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: रियासत (riyāsat)
  
  Urdu: رِیاسَت (riyāsat)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਰਿਆਸਤ (riāsat)
  
  Shahmukhi script: ریاست
→ Ottoman Turkish: ریاست (riyaset)
- Turkish: riyaset

References

Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “رئاسة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رئاسة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen