رائس

Arabic

Root
ر ء س (r-ʔ-s)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of رَأَسَ (raʔasa, “to be in charge of”).

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

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 (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “رائس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.