رعية

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر ع ي (r-ʕ-y); compare رَعَى (raʕā, “to guard”).

Noun

رَعِيَّة • (raʕiyya) f (plural رَعَايَا (raʕāyā))

1. herd, flock
2. subjects (of a ruler)
   • Hadith

     كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْؤُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ

     kullukum rāʕin wakullukum masʔūlun ʕan raʕiyyatihi

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. subject (of a ruler) (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
4. (Christianity) parish

Declension

Declension of noun رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَعِيَّة raʕiyya	الرَّعِيَّة ar-raʕiyya	رَعِيَّة raʕiyyat
Nominative	رَعِيَّةٌ raʕiyyatun	الرَّعِيَّةُ ar-raʕiyyatu	رَعِيَّةُ raʕiyyatu
Accusative	رَعِيَّةً raʕiyyatan	الرَّعِيَّةَ ar-raʕiyyata	رَعِيَّةَ raʕiyyata
Genitive	رَعِيَّةٍ raʕiyyatin	الرَّعِيَّةِ ar-raʕiyyati	رَعِيَّةِ raʕiyyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَعِيَّتَيْن raʕiyyatayn	الرَّعِيَّتَيْن ar-raʕiyyatayn	رَعِيَّتَيْ raʕiyyatay
Nominative	رَعِيَّتَانِ raʕiyyatāni	الرَّعِيَّتَانِ ar-raʕiyyatāni	رَعِيَّتَا raʕiyyatā
Accusative	رَعِيَّتَيْنِ raʕiyyatayni	الرَّعِيَّتَيْنِ ar-raʕiyyatayni	رَعِيَّتَيْ raʕiyyatay
Genitive	رَعِيَّتَيْنِ raʕiyyatayni	الرَّعِيَّتَيْنِ ar-raʕiyyatayni	رَعِيَّتَيْ raʕiyyatay
Plural	broken plural invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَعَايَا raʕāyā	الرَّعَايَا ar-raʕāyā	رَعَايَا raʕāyā
Nominative	رَعَايَا raʕāyā	الرَّعَايَا ar-raʕāyā	رَعَايَا raʕāyā
Accusative	رَعَايَا raʕāyā	الرَّعَايَا ar-raʕāyā	رَعَايَا raʕāyā
Genitive	رَعَايَا raʕāyā	الرَّعَايَا ar-raʕāyā	رَعَايَا raʕāyā

Descendants

• → Malay: rakyat
  • → English: rakyat
• → Ottoman Turkish: رعایا (re'aya)
  • → English: rayah
  • → Macedonian: раја (raja)
  • → Russian: райя (rajja)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: raja
• → Persian: رعیت (ra'yat)
  • → Hindi: रिआया (riāyā)
  • → Rajasthani: रिआया
  • → Urdu: رعیت (ra'iyat)
    • → English: raiyat
    • → Hindi: रैयत (raiyat)
      • → English: ryot
• → Portuguese: arraia
• → Swahili: raia

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “رعية”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd 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