رعية

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر ع ي‎ (r-ʿ-y); compare رَعَى‎ (raʿā, “to guard”).

Noun

رَعِيَّة • (raʿiyya) f (plural رَعَايَا‎ (raʿāyā))

herd, flock
subjects (of a ruler)
- ‏كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْؤُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ‎
  kullukum rāʿin wakullukum masʾūlun ʿan raʿiyyatihi
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
subject (of a ruler) (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this redundant sense?)
(Christianity) parish

Declension

Declension of noun رَعِيَّة (raʿiyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَعِيَّة raʿiyya	الرَّعِيَّة‎ ar-raʿiyya	رَعِيَّة raʿiyyat
Nominative	رَعِيَّةٌ raʿiyyatun	الرَّعِيَّةُ‎ ar-raʿiyyatu	رَعِيَّةُ raʿiyyatu
Accusative	رَعِيَّةً raʿiyyatan	الرَّعِيَّةَ‎ ar-raʿiyyata	رَعِيَّةَ raʿiyyata
Genitive	رَعِيَّةٍ raʿiyyatin	الرَّعِيَّةِ‎ ar-raʿiyyati	رَعِيَّةِ raʿiyyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَعِيَّتَيْن‎ raʿiyyatayn	الرَّعِيَّتَيْن‎ ar-raʿiyyatayn	رَعِيَّتَيْ‎ raʿiyyatay
Nominative	رَعِيَّتَانِ‎ raʿiyyatāni	الرَّعِيَّتَانِ‎ ar-raʿiyyatāni	رَعِيَّتَا‎ raʿiyyatā
Accusative	رَعِيَّتَيْنِ‎ raʿiyyatayni	الرَّعِيَّتَيْنِ‎ ar-raʿiyyatayni	رَعِيَّتَيْ‎ raʿiyyatay
Genitive	رَعِيَّتَيْنِ‎ raʿiyyatayni	الرَّعِيَّتَيْنِ‎ ar-raʿiyyatayni	رَعِيَّتَيْ‎ raʿiyyatay
Plural	broken plural invariable
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَعَايَا‎ raʿāyā	الرَّعَايَا‎ ar-raʿāyā	رَعَايَا‎ raʿāyā
Nominative	رَعَايَا‎ raʿāyā	الرَّعَايَا‎ ar-raʿāyā	رَعَايَا‎ raʿāyā
Accusative	رَعَايَا‎ raʿāyā	الرَّعَايَا‎ ar-raʿāyā	رَعَايَا‎ raʿāyā
Genitive	رَعَايَا‎ raʿāyā	الرَّعَايَا‎ ar-raʿāyā	رَعَايَا‎ raʿāyā

Descendants

→ Malay: rakyat
- → English: rakyat
→ Ottoman Turkish: رعایا‎ (re'aya)
- → English: rayah
- → Macedonian: раја (raja)
- → Russian: райя (rajja)
- → Serbo-Croatian: raja
→ Persian: رعیت‎ (ra'yat)
- → Hindi: रिआया (riāyā)
- → Rajasthani: रिआया
- → Urdu: رعیت‎ (ra'iyat)
  - → English: raiyat
  - → Hindi: रैयत (raiyat)
    - → English: ryot
→ Portuguese: arraia
→ Swahili: raia

References

Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), “رعية”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN

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

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