رئيس

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See also: رئیس and رییس

Arabic

Root
ر ء س (r ʔ s)
6 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
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Noun

رَئِيس (raʔīsm (plural رُؤَسَاء (ruʔasāʔ), feminine رَئِيسَة (raʔīsa))

  1. boss, chief, leader
  2. director
  3. headmaster, principal
  4. chairman
  5. governor
  6. president
  7. manager, superintendent
  8. (music) conductor
  9. (military) captain

Declension

Descendants

Adjective

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

  1. main, chief, leading

Declension

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