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رَئِيسِيّ
main /raʔiːˈsijj/
adjectiveA2#757 most common
Also: principal, chief, primary
Example sentences
هٰذا هو الشارع الرَّئِيسِيّ.
This is the main street.
البابُ الرَّئِيسِيّ مُغلَق الآن.
The main door is closed now.
ما هي الفكرة الرَّئِيسِيّة في هٰذا الدرس؟
What is the main idea in this lesson?
يقع المكتب الرَّئِيسِيّ للشركة في وسط المدينة.
The company's head office is in the city center.
تتمثّل المشكلة الرَّئِيسِيّة في نقص التمويل.
The main problem lies in the lack of funding.
اعتمد الباحثون على المصادر الرَّئِيسِيّة دون إغفال الإشارات الثانوية في الهوامش.
The researchers relied on the principal sources without ignoring the secondary references in the footnotes.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رَئِيسِيٌّ (raʾīsiyyun) | رَئِيسِيُّونَ (raʾīsiyyūna) |
| Genitive | رَئِيسِيٍّ (raʾīsiyyin) | رَئِيسِيِّينَ (raʾīsiyyīna) |
| Accusative | رَئِيسِيًّا (raʾīsiyyan) | رَئِيسِيِّينَ (raʾīsiyyīna) |
| Vocative | رَئِيسِيُّ (raʾīsiyyu) | رَئِيسِيُّونَ (raʾīsiyyūna) |
Word family
رَئِيسpresident, head, chiefرَأْسhead
رِئَاسَةpresidency, leadership
رَئِيسِيًّاmainly, principally
رَئِيسَةfemale head or chairwoman
Etymology
رَئِيسِيّ is a nisba (relational) adjective formed from the noun رَئِيس, meaning head or chief, plus the suffix -iyy. Both words go back to the triliteral root ر-أ-س, whose core sense is head or top. The adjective therefore means pertaining to the head, that is, principal or main.
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