راية

See also: رأية

Arabic

Etymology

Originally رَأْيَة (raʔya), an instance noun of رَأَى (raʔā, “to see”), but "the Arabs prefer omitting [the hamza] ... and some say it has not been heard with ء (ʔ, “hamza”)." (Lane)

Noun

رَايَة • (rāya) f (plural رَايَات (rāyāt))

banner, ensign, an army's battle standard

Declension

Declension of noun **رَايَة** (rāya)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَايَة rāya	الرَّايَة ar-rāya	رَايَة rāyat
nominative	رَايَةٌ rāyatun	الرَّايَةُ ar-rāyatu	رَايَةُ rāyatu
accusative	رَايَةً rāyatan	الرَّايَةَ ar-rāyata	رَايَةَ rāyata
genitive	رَايَةٍ rāyatin	الرَّايَةِ ar-rāyati	رَايَةِ rāyati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَايَتَيْن rāyatayn	الرَّايَتَيْن ar-rāyatayn	رَايَتَيْ rāyatay
nominative	رَايَتَانِ rāyatāni	الرَّايَتَانِ ar-rāyatāni	رَايَتَا rāyatā
accusative	رَايَتَيْنِ rāyatayni	الرَّايَتَيْنِ ar-rāyatayni	رَايَتَيْ rāyatay
genitive	رَايَتَيْنِ rāyatayni	الرَّايَتَيْنِ ar-rāyatayni	رَايَتَيْ rāyatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَايَات rāyāt	الرَّايَات ar-rāyāt	رَايَات rāyāt
nominative	رَايَاتٌ rāyātun	الرَّايَاتُ ar-rāyātu	رَايَاتُ rāyātu
accusative	رَايَاتٍ rāyātin	الرَّايَاتِ ar-rāyāti	رَايَاتِ rāyāti
genitive	رَايَاتٍ rāyātin	الرَّايَاتِ ar-rāyāti	رَايَاتِ rāyāti

Derived terms

الرَّايَة (ar-rāya)

Descendants

→ Middle Armenian: ռայ (ṙay)
→ Ottoman Turkish: رایت (rayet)
- → Turkish: rayet
→ Persian: رایت (râyat)

References

Lane, Arabic-English Lexicon (1863), vol. I, p. 1001.