Arabic edit

Root
ر ء س (r-ʔ-s)

Etymology edit

Verbal noun of رَأَسَ (raʔasa).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

رِئَاسَة (riʔāsaf

  1. verbal noun of رَأَسَ (raʔasa) (form I)
  2. ruling, governing
  3. leadership, chairmanship
  4. presidency
  5. dominion, command
  6. princeliness
  7. ecclesiastical government (opposed to سِيَاسَة (siyāsa, political government))

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Alternative forms edit

References edit

  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “رئاسة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رئاسة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen