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ر-ء-س
The Arabic root ر-ء-س (r-a-s)
Form I verb رَأَسَ: to be at the head
13 words in the dictionary are built from ر-ء-س, including verbs in Forms I, II, V, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
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Noun
رِئَاسَة
ruling
Verb · Form I
رَأَسَ
to be at the head
Verbs and the nouns that come from them
رَأَسَ
· present يَرْأَسُ
Form I · The plain action
to be at the head, to be chairman, to chair, to be in charge, to preside; to head, to lead, to direct, to manage, to run
رَأَّسَ
· present يُرَئِّسُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to appoint as the leader, to make the leader, director, chairman or president
تَرْئِيس
مُرَئِّس
مُرَأَّس
تَرَأَّسَ
· present يَتَرَأَّسُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to preside over, to be in charge of, to chair, to lead (e.g. a committee, an organization)
تَرَؤُّس
direction
مُتَرَئِّس
مُتَرَأَّس
اِرْتَأَسَ
· present يَرْتَئِسُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to be appointed as the chief over
اِرْتِئَاس
مُرْتَئِس
مُرْتَأَس
Other nouns and adjectives
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عُنْوَان رَئِيسِيّ
headline
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