رئاسة

رئاسة

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri.ʔaː.sa/

Noun

رِئَاسَة • (riʾāsa) f

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

Declension

Declension of noun رِئَاسَة (riʾāsa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِئَاسَة riʾāsa	الرِّئَاسَة‎ ar-riʾāsa	رِئَاسَة riʾāsat
Nominative	رِئَاسَةٌ riʾāsatun	الرِّئَاسَةُ‎ ar-riʾāsatu	رِئَاسَةُ riʾāsatu
Accusative	رِئَاسَةً riʾāsatan	الرِّئَاسَةَ‎ ar-riʾāsata	رِئَاسَةَ riʾāsata
Genitive	رِئَاسَةٍ riʾāsatin	الرِّئَاسَةِ‎ ar-riʾāsati	رِئَاسَةِ riʾāsati

Alternative forms

• رِيَاسَة‎ (riyāsa)

References

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