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رايَة
flag /ˈraː.ja/
nounB1#2352 most common
Also: banner, standard
Example sentences
هذه رايةٌ حمراءُ.
This is a red flag.
رَفَعَ الرجلُ الرايةَ فوق المبنى.
The man raised the flag above the building.
احتفل الطلابُ برفع رايةِ المدرسةِ في الصباح.
The students celebrated raising the school's flag in the morning.
رَفْرَفَتِ الرايةُ في الريح فوق القلعةِ القديمة.
The flag fluttered in the wind above the old castle.
أصبحت الرايةُ البيضاءُ رمزاً للاستسلامِ في كثيرٍ من الثقافاتِ.
The white flag became a symbol of surrender in many cultures.
على الرغم من سقوطِ المدينةِ، رفض الجنودُ إنزال رايتهم، مفضّلين الموتَ دفاعاً عنها.
Despite the city's fall, the soldiers refused to lower their flag, preferring death in its defense.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رايةٌ | راياتٌ |
| Genitive | رايةٍ | راياتٍ |
| Accusative | رايةً | راياتٍ |
| Vocative | يا رايةُ | يا راياتُ |
Word family
راياتflags, banners (plural)
لواءstandard, larger command banner; also military brigade
عَلَمflag (common synonym, different root)
حامل الرايةflag bearer, standard-bearer
Etymology
رَايَة is a native Arabic noun built on a hollow root (rāʾ-yāʾ/wāw), historically meaning a banner or standard carried by a leader, tribe, or military unit. It appears often in early Arabic poetry and in Hadith literature, where it is distinguished from the larger command standard لواء (liwāʾ). Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so no PIE root applies here.
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