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رِئاسَة
presidency /riˈʔaː.sa/
nounB2#3260 most common
Also: chairmanship, headship, leadership (of an office)
Example sentences
هٰذا مَبْنى الرِّئاسَةِ.
This is the presidency building.
فازَ بِمَنْصِبِ الرِّئاسَةِ العامَ الماضي.
He won the presidency position last year.
تَتَوَلّى رِئاسَةَ الشَّرِكَةِ مُنْذُ خَمْسِ سَنَواتٍ.
She has held the company's chairmanship for five years.
أَعْلَنَ عَنْ تَرَشُّحِهِ لِرِئاسَةِ الجُمْهورِيَّةِ.
He announced his candidacy for the presidency of the republic.
تُواجِهُ رِئاسَةُ الوُزَراءِ ضَغْطاً مُتَزايِداً بِسَبَبِ الأَزْمَةِ الاقْتِصادِيَّةِ.
The prime minister's office faces growing pressure because of the economic crisis.
لا تَزالُ قَضِيَّةُ تَداوُلِ السُّلْطَةِ في فَتْرَةِ الرِّئاسَةِ مَوْضِعَ جَدَلٍ دُسْتورِيٍّ.
The question of the transfer of power during the presidential term remains a matter of constitutional dispute.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رِئاسَةٌ | رِئاساتٌ |
| Genitive | رِئاسَةٍ | رِئاساتٍ |
| Accusative | رِئاسَةً | رِئاساتٍ |
| Vocative | يا رِئاسَةُ | يا رِئاساتُ |
Word family
رَئيسpresident, chief, head
رَأْسheadرَأَسَto head, lead, preside over
تَرَأَّسَto chair, preside over a meeting
مَرْؤوسsubordinate
Etymology
Riʾāsa comes from the Semitic root r-ʾ-s, which carries the idea of a head. The same root gives raʾs, the word for a physical head, and raʾīs, the word for a chief or president. Arabic builds riʾāsa on the fiʿāla pattern, a common shape for nouns naming an office or function, so the word literally denotes the state of being the head of something.
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