رعية

Arabic

Etymology
Root
ر ع ي (r-ʕ-y)

Compare رَعَى (raʕā, “to guard”).

Noun

رَعِيَّة • (raʕiyya) f (plural رَعَايَا (raʕāyā))

  1. herd, flock
  2. subjects (of a ruler), the ruled
    • Hadith
      كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْؤُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ
      kullukum rāʕin wakullukum masʔūlun ʕan raʕiyyatihi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      ("the ruler is the guardian of his subjects")
  3. subject (of a ruler)
  4. (Christianity) parish

Declension
Declension of noun رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal رَعِيَّة
raʕiyya		 الرَّعِيَّة
ar-raʕiyya		 رَعِيَّة
raʕiyyat
Nominative رَعِيَّةٌ
raʕiyyatun		 الرَّعِيَّةُ
ar-raʕiyyatu		 رَعِيَّةُ
raʕiyyatu
Accusative رَعِيَّةً
raʕiyyatan		 الرَّعِيَّةَ
ar-raʕiyyata		 رَعِيَّةَ
raʕiyyata
Genitive رَعِيَّةٍ
raʕiyyatin		 الرَّعِيَّةِ
ar-raʕiyyati		 رَعِيَّةِ
raʕiyyati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal رَعِيَّتَيْن
raʕiyyatayn		 الرَّعِيَّتَيْن
ar-raʕiyyatayn		 رَعِيَّتَيْ
raʕiyyatay
Nominative رَعِيَّتَانِ
raʕiyyatāni		 الرَّعِيَّتَانِ
ar-raʕiyyatāni		 رَعِيَّتَا
raʕiyyatā
Accusative رَعِيَّتَيْنِ
raʕiyyatayni		 الرَّعِيَّتَيْنِ
ar-raʕiyyatayni		 رَعِيَّتَيْ
raʕiyyatay
Genitive رَعِيَّتَيْنِ
raʕiyyatayni		 الرَّعِيَّتَيْنِ
ar-raʕiyyatayni		 رَعِيَّتَيْ
raʕiyyatay
Plural broken plural invariable
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal رَعَايَا
raʕāyā		 الرَّعَايَا
ar-raʕāyā		 رَعَايَا
raʕāyā
Nominative رَعَايَا
raʕāyā		 الرَّعَايَا
ar-raʕāyā		 رَعَايَا
raʕāyā
Accusative رَعَايَا
raʕāyā		 الرَّعَايَا
ar-raʕāyā		 رَعَايَا
raʕāyā
Genitive رَعَايَا
raʕāyā		 الرَّعَايَا
ar-raʕāyā		 رَعَايَا
raʕāyā

Descendants
  • → Armenian: ռայա (ṙaya), ռայաթ (ṙayatʻ), ռահաթ (ṙahatʻ), ռհաթ (ṙhatʻ), ռըհաթ (ṙəhatʻ), ռըյաթ (ṙəyatʻ), ռիաթ (ṙiatʻ), ըռայա (əṙaya), ռա̈յա̈ (ṙäyä); ռայայ (ṙayay)
  • → Malay: rakyat
  • → Classical Persian: رعیت (ra'iyat) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Portuguese: arraia
  • → Swahili: raia

(via plural form رَعَايَا (raʕāyā)):

References
  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “رعية”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd 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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