رئيس

See also: رئیس‎ and رییس‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر ء س‎ (r-ʔ-s) of رَأَسَ‎ (raʔasa, “to be at the head”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ra.ʔiːs/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

رَئِيس • (raʔīs) m (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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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)
  • → Portuguese: arrais
  • → Urdu: رئیس‎ (ra'is)
  • Sicilian: rais, raissi
  • → Spanish: arráez
  • → Indonesian: rais
  • → Swahili: rais
  • → Uzbek: rais

Adjective

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

  1. main, chief, leading

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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
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