رئاسة

Arabic

Root
ر ء س (r-ʔ-s)

Etymology

Verbal noun of رَأَسَ (raʔasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri.ʔaː.sa/

Noun

رِئَاسَة • (riʔāsa) f

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”))

Declension

Declension of noun رِئَاسَة (riʔāsa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رِئَاسَة riʔāsa	الرِّئَاسَة ar-riʔāsa	رِئَاسَة riʔāsat
Nominative	رِئَاسَةٌ riʔāsatun	الرِّئَاسَةُ ar-riʔāsatu	رِئَاسَةُ riʔāsatu
Accusative	رِئَاسَةً riʔāsatan	الرِّئَاسَةَ ar-riʔāsata	رِئَاسَةَ riʔāsata
Genitive	رِئَاسَةٍ riʔāsatin	الرِّئَاسَةِ ar-riʔāsati	رِئَاسَةِ riʔāsati

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^[1], London: W.H. Allen