رئيس

See also: رئیس and رییس

Arabic

Root
ر ء س (r ʔ s)
7 terms

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb رَأَسَ (raʔasa, “to be at the head”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ra.ʔiːs/
Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

رَئِيس • (raʔīs) m (plural رُؤَسَاء (ruʔasāʔ), feminine رَئِيسَة (raʔīsa))

Declension

Declension of noun **رَئِيس** (raʔīs)
singular	masculine			feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَئِيس raʔīs	الرَّئِيس ar-raʔīs	رَئِيس raʔīs	رَئِيسَة raʔīsa	الرَّئِيسَة ar-raʔīsa	رَئِيسَة raʔīsat
nominative	رَئِيسٌ raʔīsun	الرَّئِيسُ ar-raʔīsu	رَئِيسُ raʔīsu	رَئِيسَةٌ raʔīsatun	الرَّئِيسَةُ ar-raʔīsatu	رَئِيسَةُ raʔīsatu
accusative	رَئِيسًا raʔīsan	الرَّئِيسَ ar-raʔīsa	رَئِيسَ raʔīsa	رَئِيسَةً raʔīsatan	الرَّئِيسَةَ ar-raʔīsata	رَئِيسَةَ raʔīsata
genitive	رَئِيسٍ raʔīsin	الرَّئِيسِ ar-raʔīsi	رَئِيسِ raʔīsi	رَئِيسَةٍ raʔīsatin	الرَّئِيسَةِ ar-raʔīsati	رَئِيسَةِ raʔīsati
dual	masculine			feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَئِيسَيْن raʔīsayn	الرَّئِيسَيْن ar-raʔīsayn	رَئِيسَيْ raʔīsay	رَئِيسَتَيْن raʔīsatayn	الرَّئِيسَتَيْن ar-raʔīsatayn	رَئِيسَتَيْ raʔīsatay
nominative	رَئِيسَانِ raʔīsāni	الرَّئِيسَانِ ar-raʔīsāni	رَئِيسَا raʔīsā	رَئِيسَتَانِ raʔīsatāni	الرَّئِيسَتَانِ ar-raʔīsatāni	رَئِيسَتَا raʔīsatā
accusative	رَئِيسَيْنِ raʔīsayni	الرَّئِيسَيْنِ ar-raʔīsayni	رَئِيسَيْ raʔīsay	رَئِيسَتَيْنِ raʔīsatayni	الرَّئِيسَتَيْنِ ar-raʔīsatayni	رَئِيسَتَيْ raʔīsatay
genitive	رَئِيسَيْنِ raʔīsayni	الرَّئِيسَيْنِ ar-raʔīsayni	رَئِيسَيْ raʔīsay	رَئِيسَتَيْنِ raʔīsatayni	الرَّئِيسَتَيْنِ ar-raʔīsatayni	رَئِيسَتَيْ raʔīsatay
plural	masculine			feminine
	basic broken plural diptote			sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رُؤَسَاء ruʔasāʔ	الرُّؤَسَاء ar-ruʔasāʔ	رُؤَسَاء ruʔasāʔ	رَئِيسَات raʔīsāt	الرَّئِيسَات ar-raʔīsāt	رَئِيسَات raʔīsāt
nominative	رُؤَسَاءُ ruʔasāʔu	الرُّؤَسَاءُ ar-ruʔasāʔu	رُؤَسَاءُ ruʔasāʔu	رَئِيسَاتٌ raʔīsātun	الرَّئِيسَاتُ ar-raʔīsātu	رَئِيسَاتُ raʔīsātu
accusative	رُؤَسَاءَ ruʔasāʔa	الرُّؤَسَاءَ ar-ruʔasāʔa	رُؤَسَاءَ ruʔasāʔa	رَئِيسَاتٍ raʔīsātin	الرَّئِيسَاتِ ar-raʔīsāti	رَئِيسَاتِ raʔīsāti
genitive	رُؤَسَاءَ ruʔasāʔa	الرُّؤَسَاءِ ar-ruʔasāʔi	رُؤَسَاءِ ruʔasāʔi	رَئِيسَاتٍ raʔīsātin	الرَّئِيسَاتِ ar-raʔīsāti	رَئِيسَاتِ raʔīsāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: rəis
→ Catalan: rais
→ Middle Armenian: ռայիս (ṙayis)
- Armenian: ռես (ṙes)
→ Persian: رئیس (ra'is), رییس (ra'is)
→ Ottoman Turkish: رئیس (reʾis), رییس (reʾis)
- Turkish: reis
→ Urdu: رئیس (ra'is)
→ Sicilian: rais, raissi
→ Indonesian: rais
→ Swahili: rais
→ Uyghur: رەئىس (re'is)
→ Uzbek: rais
→ Portuguese: arrais
→ Spanish: arráez

Adjective

رَئِيس • (raʔīs) (feminine رَئِيسَة (raʔīsa), masculine plural رُؤَسَاء (ruʔasāʔ))

main, chief, leading

Declension

Declension of adjective **رَئِيس** (raʔīs)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	رَئِيس raʔīs	الرَّئِيس ar-raʔīs	رَئِيسَة raʔīsa	الرَّئِيسَة ar-raʔīsa
nominative	رَئِيسٌ raʔīsun	الرَّئِيسُ ar-raʔīsu	رَئِيسَةٌ raʔīsatun	الرَّئِيسَةُ ar-raʔīsatu
accusative	رَئِيسًا raʔīsan	الرَّئِيسَ ar-raʔīsa	رَئِيسَةً raʔīsatan	الرَّئِيسَةَ ar-raʔīsata
genitive	رَئِيسٍ raʔīsin	الرَّئِيسِ ar-raʔīsi	رَئِيسَةٍ raʔīsatin	الرَّئِيسَةِ ar-raʔīsati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	رَئِيسَيْن raʔīsayn	الرَّئِيسَيْن ar-raʔīsayn	رَئِيسَتَيْن raʔīsatayn	الرَّئِيسَتَيْن ar-raʔīsatayn
nominative	رَئِيسَانِ raʔīsāni	الرَّئِيسَانِ ar-raʔīsāni	رَئِيسَتَانِ raʔīsatāni	الرَّئِيسَتَانِ ar-raʔīsatāni
accusative	رَئِيسَيْنِ raʔīsayni	الرَّئِيسَيْنِ ar-raʔīsayni	رَئِيسَتَيْنِ raʔīsatayni	الرَّئِيسَتَيْنِ ar-raʔīsatayni
genitive	رَئِيسَيْنِ raʔīsayni	الرَّئِيسَيْنِ ar-raʔīsayni	رَئِيسَتَيْنِ raʔīsatayni	الرَّئِيسَتَيْنِ ar-raʔīsatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	رُؤَسَاء ruʔasāʔ	الرُّؤَسَاء ar-ruʔasāʔ	رَئِيسَات raʔīsāt	الرَّئِيسَات ar-raʔīsāt
nominative	رُؤَسَاءُ ruʔasāʔu	الرُّؤَسَاءُ ar-ruʔasāʔu	رَئِيسَاتٌ raʔīsātun	الرَّئِيسَاتُ ar-raʔīsātu
accusative	رُؤَسَاءَ ruʔasāʔa	الرُّؤَسَاءَ ar-ruʔasāʔa	رَئِيسَاتٍ raʔīsātin	الرَّئِيسَاتِ ar-raʔīsāti
genitive	رُؤَسَاءَ ruʔasāʔa	الرُّؤَسَاءِ ar-ruʔasāʔi	رَئِيسَاتٍ raʔīsātin	الرَّئِيسَاتِ ar-raʔīsāti

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “ر ء س”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN