رعية

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ر ع ي (r ʕ y)
5 terms

Compare رَعَى (raʕā, to guard).

Noun

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رَعِيَّة (raʕiyyaf (plural رَعَايَا (raʕāyā))

  1. herd, flock
  2. subjects (of a ruler), the ruled
    • Hadith
      كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْؤُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ
      kullukum rāʕin wakullukum masʔūlun ʕan raʕiyyatihi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      ("the ruler is the guardian of his subjects")
  3. subject (of a ruler)
  4. (Christianity) parish

Declension

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Descendants

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(via plural form رَعَايَا (raʕāyā)):

References

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  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “رعية”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “رعي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN