رائس

Arabic

Root
ر ء س (r ʔ s)
7 terms

Derived from the active participle of رَأَسَ (raʔasa, “to be in charge of”).

رَائِس • (rāʔis) m (plural رَوَائِس (rawāʔis))

a valleyhead, a land formation elevated above another and adjacent to another type of topographic zone such as a body of water
- c. 700, أُميَّةُ بن أَبي عائِذٍ الهُذَليّ [Umayya ibn ʾabī ʿāʾiḏ (al-huḏalīy)], Dīwān Huḏalīyyīn [Diwan Hodsailitarum / Hudsailian poems / Huḏaylitendiwan], page 201 verse 38 in Kosegarten’s edition:
  وَفِي غَمْرَةِ الْآلِ خِلْتُ الصُّوَى … عُرُوكًا عَلَى رَائِس يَقْسِمُونَا
  wafī ḡamrati l-ʔāli ḵiltu ṣ-ṣuwā … ʕurūkan ʕalā rāʔis yaqsimūnā
  In the overabundance of fogs I fancied the barrows … the mariners onto the valleyhead, dividing us
a cloud preceding another cloud

Declension of noun **رَائِس** (rāʔis)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَائِس rāʔis	الرَّائِس ar-rāʔis	رَائِس rāʔis
nominative	رَائِسٌ rāʔisun	الرَّائِسُ ar-rāʔisu	رَائِسُ rāʔisu
accusative	رَائِسًا rāʔisan	الرَّائِسَ ar-rāʔisa	رَائِسَ rāʔisa
genitive	رَائِسٍ rāʔisin	الرَّائِسِ ar-rāʔisi	رَائِسِ rāʔisi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَائِسَيْن rāʔisayn	الرَّائِسَيْن ar-rāʔisayn	رَائِسَيْ rāʔisay
nominative	رَائِسَانِ rāʔisāni	الرَّائِسَانِ ar-rāʔisāni	رَائِسَا rāʔisā
accusative	رَائِسَيْنِ rāʔisayni	الرَّائِسَيْنِ ar-rāʔisayni	رَائِسَيْ rāʔisay
genitive	رَائِسَيْنِ rāʔisayni	الرَّائِسَيْنِ ar-rāʔisayni	رَائِسَيْ rāʔisay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَوَائِس rawāʔis	الرَّوَائِس ar-rawāʔis	رَوَائِس rawāʔis
nominative	رَوَائِسُ rawāʔisu	الرَّوَائِسُ ar-rawāʔisu	رَوَائِسُ rawāʔisu
accusative	رَوَائِسَ rawāʔisa	الرَّوَائِسَ ar-rawāʔisa	رَوَائِسَ rawāʔisa
genitive	رَوَائِسَ rawāʔisa	الرَّوَائِسِ ar-rawāʔisi	رَوَائِسِ rawāʔisi

Borrowed from Arabic رَائِس (rāʔis).

رائِس • (rāis) m (Hindi spelling राइस)

“رائس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“رائس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.