راية

See also: رأية

Arabic

Etymology

Originally رَأْيَة (raʔya), an instance noun of رَأَى (raʔā, “to see”), but "the Arabs prefer omitting [the hamza] ... and some say it has not been heard with ء (ʔ, “hamza”)." (Lane)

Noun

رَايَة • (rāya) f (plural رَايَات (rāyāt))

1. banner, ensign, an army's battle standard

Declension

Declension of noun رَايَة (rāya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَايَة rāya	الرَّايَة ar-rāya	رَايَة rāyat
Nominative	رَايَةٌ rāyatun	الرَّايَةُ ar-rāyatu	رَايَةُ rāyatu
Accusative	رَايَةً rāyatan	الرَّايَةَ ar-rāyata	رَايَةَ rāyata
Genitive	رَايَةٍ rāyatin	الرَّايَةِ ar-rāyati	رَايَةِ rāyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَايَتَيْن rāyatayn	الرَّايَتَيْن ar-rāyatayn	رَايَتَيْ rāyatay
Nominative	رَايَتَانِ rāyatāni	الرَّايَتَانِ ar-rāyatāni	رَايَتَا rāyatā
Accusative	رَايَتَيْنِ rāyatayni	الرَّايَتَيْنِ ar-rāyatayni	رَايَتَيْ rāyatay
Genitive	رَايَتَيْنِ rāyatayni	الرَّايَتَيْنِ ar-rāyatayni	رَايَتَيْ rāyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَايَات rāyāt	الرَّايَات ar-rāyāt	رَايَات rāyāt
Nominative	رَايَاتٌ rāyātun	الرَّايَاتُ ar-rāyātu	رَايَاتُ rāyātu
Accusative	رَايَاتٍ rāyātin	الرَّايَاتِ ar-rāyāti	رَايَاتِ rāyāti
Genitive	رَايَاتٍ rāyātin	الرَّايَاتِ ar-rāyāti	رَايَاتِ rāyāti

Derived terms

• الرَّايَة (ar-rāya)

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: ռայ (ṙay)

References

• Lane, Arabic-English Lexicon (1863), vol. I, p. 1001.