رائس

رائس

Arabic

Root
ر ء س‎ (r-ʔ-s)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raː.ʔis/

Noun

رَائِس • (rāʔis) m (plural رَوَائِس‎ (rawāʔis))

1. a valleyhead, a land formation elevated above another and adjacent to another type of topographic zone such as a body of water
   • c. 700, أُميَّةُ بن أَبي عائِذٍ الهُذَليّ [Umayya ibn ʾabī ʿāʾiḏ (al-huḏalīy)], Dīwān Huḏalīyyīn [Diwan Hodsailitarum / Hudsailian poems / Huḏaylitendiwan], page 201 verse 38 in Kosegarten’s edition:

     ‏وَفِي غَمْرَةِ الْآلِ خِلْتُ الصُّوَى … عُرُوكًا عَلَى رَائِس يَقْسِمُونَا‎

     wafī ḡamrati l-ʔāli ḵiltu ṣ-ṣuwā … ʕurūkan ʕalā rāʔis yaqsimūnā

     In the overabundance of fogs I fancied the barrows … the mariners onto the valleyhead, dividing us

2. a cloud preceding another cloud

Declension

Declension of noun رَائِس (rāʔis)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَائِس rāʔis	الرَّائِس‎ ar-rāʔis	رَائِس rāʔis
Nominative	رَائِسٌ rāʔisun	الرَّائِسُ‎ ar-rāʔisu	رَائِسُ rāʔisu
Accusative	رَائِسًا‎ rāʔisan	الرَّائِسَ‎ ar-rāʔisa	رَائِسَ rāʔisa
Genitive	رَائِسٍ rāʔisin	الرَّائِسِ‎ ar-rāʔisi	رَائِسِ rāʔisi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَائِسَيْن‎ rāʔisayn	الرَّائِسَيْن‎ ar-rāʔisayn	رَائِسَيْ‎ rāʔisay
Nominative	رَائِسَانِ‎ rāʔisāni	الرَّائِسَانِ‎ ar-rāʔisāni	رَائِسَا‎ rāʔisā
Accusative	رَائِسَيْنِ‎ rāʔisayni	الرَّائِسَيْنِ‎ ar-rāʔisayni	رَائِسَيْ‎ rāʔisay
Genitive	رَائِسَيْنِ‎ rāʔisayni	الرَّائِسَيْنِ‎ ar-rāʔisayni	رَائِسَيْ‎ rāʔisay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَوَائِس‎ rawāʔis	الرَّوَائِس‎ ar-rawāʔis	رَوَائِس‎ rawāʔis
Nominative	رَوَائِسُ‎ rawāʔisu	الرَّوَائِسُ‎ ar-rawāʔisu	رَوَائِسُ‎ rawāʔisu
Accusative	رَوَائِسَ‎ rawāʔisa	الرَّوَائِسَ‎ ar-rawāʔisa	رَوَائِسَ‎ rawāʔisa
Genitive	رَوَائِسَ‎ rawāʔisa	الرَّوَائِسِ‎ ar-rawāʔisi	رَوَائِسِ‎ rawāʔisi

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَائِس‎ (rāʔis).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾɑː.ɪs/

Noun

رائِس • (rāis) m (Hindi spelling राइस)

1. chief, ruler

References

• “رائس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “رائس”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.