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رَأْس

head

Noun · masculineRoot ر-ء-س

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Highlights

Plural
رُؤُوس
Other plurals
رُءُوس، أَرْؤُس

Most common words from the same root

Noun
رَئِيس
boss
Adjective
رَئِيسِيّ
main
Adjective
رَئِيس
main
Noun
رِئَاسَة
ruling
Verb · Form I
رَأَسَ
to be at the head

رَأْس in English

Noun · masculine

  1. head
  2. head (enumerator for cattle)
  3. leader, chief, chieftain
  4. tip; top; summit; peak; upper part
  5. vertex; apex
  6. extremity; end
  7. promontory; headland; cape
  8. main part
  9. beginning

Word origin

From Proto-Semitic *raʔš-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒊕 (rēšum) and Biblical Hebrew רֹאשׁ (roʾš).

Words from the root ر-ء-س

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

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

رَأْس
Verbal noun
head
رِئَاسَة
Verbal noun
ruling
رِيَاسَة
Verbal noun
رَآسَة
Verbal noun
رَائِس
Active participle
a valleyhead
مَرْؤُوس
Passive participle · Adjective
subordinate
رَئِيس
Derived noun
boss
رَئِيس
Derived noun · Adjective
main
رَأَّسَ · present يُرَئِّسُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to appoint as the leader, to make the leader, director, chairman or president

تَرْئِيس
Verbal noun
مُرَئِّس
Active participle
مُرَأَّس
Passive participle
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
Verbal noun
direction
مُتَرَئِّس
Active participle
مُتَرَأَّس
Passive participle
اِرْتَأَسَ · present يَرْتَئِسُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to be appointed as the chief over

اِرْتِئَاس
Verbal noun
مُرْتَئِس
Active participle
مُرْتَأَس
Passive participle
رَئِيسِيّ
Adjective
main
عُنْوَان رَئِيسِيّ
Noun · m.
headline

رَأْس: plural and other forms

Singularرَأْس
Pluralرُؤُوس
Alternative pluralsرُءُوس، أَرْؤُس

رَأْس in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

فَلِلْوَقْتِ أَرْسَلَ الْمَلِكُ سَيَّافًا وَأَمَرَ أَنْ يُؤْتَى بِرَأْسِهِ.And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,Mark 6:27, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
قَالَ لَهُ سِمْعَانُ بُطْرُسُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، لَيْسَ رِجْلَيَّ فَقَطْ بَلْ أَيْضًا يَدَيَّ وَرَأْسِي».Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.John 13:9, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَلاَ تَحْلِفْ بِرَأْسِكَ، لأَنَّكَ لاَ تَقْدِرُ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ شَعْرَةً وَاحِدَةً بَيْضَاءَ أَوْ سَوْدَاءَ.Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.Matthew 5:36, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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