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رَئِيس
president /raˈʔiːs/
nounA1#231 most common
Also: chief, head (of an organization), chairman
Example sentences
هُوَ الرَّئِيس.
He is the president.
رَئِيس الشَّرِكَة في المَكْتَب.
The company president is in the office.
اِنْتَخَبَ النَّاس رَئِيسًا جَدِيدًا.
The people elected a new president.
اِلْتَقَى رَئِيس الوُزَرَاء بِالرَّئِيس الفَرَنْسِيّ أَمْس.
The prime minister met the French president yesterday.
أَلْقَى الرَّئِيس خِطَابًا مُطَوَّلًا حَوْلَ الإِصْلَاحَات الاِقْتِصَادِيَّة.
The president delivered a long speech about the economic reforms.
أَكَّدَ رَئِيس مَجْلِس الإِدَارَة أَنَّ اسْتِقَالَتَهُ لَنْ تُؤَثِّرَ في مَسِيرَة الشَّرِكَة.
The chairman of the board affirmed that his resignation would not affect the company's course.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رَئِيسٌ | رُؤَسَاءُ |
| Genitive | رَئِيسٍ | رُؤَسَاءَ |
| Accusative | رَئِيسًا | رُؤَسَاءَ |
| Vocative | يا رَئِيسُ | يا رُؤَسَاءُ |
Word family
رِئَاسَةpresidency, chairmanship
رَئِيسِيّmain, principalرَأْسheadتَرَأَّسَto preside over, to chair
رُؤَسَاءpresidents, chiefs (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root r-ʾ-s, which denotes the head or top. From the same root comes رَأْس (raʾs), meaning head. On the فَعِيل (faʿīl) pattern, رَئِيس names the person at the head: the chief or leader.
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