رأس

From Proto-Semitic *raʔš-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒊕 (rēšum) and Biblical Hebrew רֹאשׁ (roʾš).

• IPA^(key): /raʔs/

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رَأْس • (raʔs) m (plural رُؤُوس (ruʔūs) or أَرْؤُس (ʔarʔus))

1. head
2. head (enumerator for cattle)
3. leader, chief, chieftain
4. tip, top, summit, peak, upper part
5. vertex, apex
6. extremity, end
7. (geography) promontory, headland, cape
8. main part
9. beginning

• Egyptian Arabic: راس (rās)
• Gulf Arabic: راس (rās)
• Maltese: ras
• Moroccan Arabic: راس (rās)
• → Punjabi: ਰਾਸ (rās)
• → Swahili: rasi
• → Ottoman Turkish: رأس (re's)

• IPA^(key): /ra.ʔa.sa/

رَأَسَ • (raʔasa) I (non-past يَرْأَسُ (yarʔasu), verbal noun رِئَاسَة (riʔāsa) or رَأْس (raʔs) or رِيَاسَة (riyāsa) or رَآسَة (raʔāsa))

1. to be at the head, to be chairman, to chair, to be in charge, to preside
   • 1377, Ibn Khaldun, مقدمة ابن خلدون:

     وَمِنْهُ ٱدِّعَاءُ أَوْلَادِ رَبَابٍ الْمَعْرُوفِينَ بِٱلْحِجَازِيِّينَ مِنْ بَنِي عَامِرٍ أَحَدِ شُعُوبِ زُغْبَةَ أَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ ثُمَّ مِنَ الشَّرِيدِ مِنْهُمْ، لَحِقَ جَدُّهُمْ بِبَنِي عَامِرٍ نَجَّارًا يَصْنَعُ الْحِرْجَانَ وَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِمْ وَٱلْتَحَمَ بِنَسَبِهِمْ حَتَّى رَأَسَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

     waminhu ddiʕāʔu ʔawlādi rabābin al-maʕrūfīna bi-l-ḥijāziyyīna min banī ʕāmirin ʔaḥadi šuʕūbi zuḡbata ʔannahum min banī sulaymin ṯumma mina š-šarīdi minhum, laḥiqa jadduhum bibanī ʕāmirin najjāran yaṣnaʕu l-ḥirjāna waḵtalaṭa bihim wal-taḥama binasabihim ḥattā raʔasa ʕalayhim.

     The Awlad Rabab, who are known as the Hijazis and who belong to the Banu 'Amir, one of the branches of the Zughbah, claim that they belong to the Banu Sulaym and, in particular, to the Sharid, a branch of the Bani Sulaym. Their ancestor is said to have joined the Banu 'Amir as a carpenter who made biers. He mixed with them and developed a close contact with them. Finally, he became their leader.

     Translated by Franz Rosenthal

2. to head, to lead, to direct, to manage, to run

• IPA^(key): /raʔ.ʔa.sa/

رَأَّسَ • (raʔʔasa) II (non-past يُرَئِّسُ (yuraʔʔisu), verbal noun تَرْئِيس (tarʔīs))

1. to appoint as the leader, to make the leader, director, chairman or president

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “رءس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN