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رَأْس
head /ˈraʔs/
nounA1#268 most common
Also: top, summit, head (counting livestock), cape, headland
Example sentences
هَذَا رَأْسِي.
This is my head.
رَأْسِي يُؤْلِمُنِي الْيَوْم.
My head hurts today.
وَضَعَ الرَّجُلُ الْقُبَّعَةَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ.
The man put the hat on his head.
هُوَ رَأْسُ الْعَائِلَةِ وَيَتَّخِذُ كُلَّ الْقَرَارَاتِ.
He is the head of the family and makes all the decisions.
اِشْتَرَى الْفَلَّاحُ خَمْسِينَ رَأْسًا مِنَ الْغَنَمِ.
The farmer bought fifty head of sheep.
عَلَى رَأْسِ الْقَائِمَةِ مَطَالِبُ لَا يُمْكِنُ التَّنَازُلُ عَنْهَا.
At the top of the list are demands that cannot be given up.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رَأْسٌ (raʾsun) | رُؤُوسٌ (ruʾūsun) |
| Genitive | رَأْسٍ (raʾsin) | رُؤُوسٍ (ruʾūsin) |
| Accusative | رَأْسًا (raʾsan) | رُؤُوسًا (ruʾūsan) |
| Vocative | يَا رَأْسُ (yā raʾsu) | يَا رُؤُوسُ (yā ruʾūsu) |
Word family
رُؤُوس (ruʾūs)heads (plural)
رَئِيس (raʾīs)president, chief
رِئَاسَة (riʾāsa)presidency, leadership
رَأْسِيّ (raʾsī)vertical
رَأْسَمَال (raʾsmāl)capital (financial)
Etymology
The word comes from the Proto-Semitic root for head. The same root carries both the literal body part and the figurative senses of top, chief, and beginning. From it Arabic builds words for president and capital.
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