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ر-ا-س

Ra-Alif-Sin

2 words from this root family

About this root

Ra-Alif-Sin (ر-ا-س) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: raʾīs (boss / president), raʾs (head).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 18 times in 17 verses, across 15 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:196. The form رَأْس (head) accounts for all of them.

Themes: Work, Job Titles, Health, Body

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
رَئيس
raʾīs
boss / presidentnoun, A2Jobs & Careers
رَأْس
raʾs
headnoun, A218×Parts of the Body

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

فَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلُوا۟ فَأْذَنُوا۟ بِحَرْبٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۖ وَإِن تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَٰلِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ

And if ye do not, then be warned of war (against you) from Allah and His messenger. And if ye repent, then ye have your principal (without interest). Wrong not, and ye shall not be wronged.

Quran 2:279
وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ ٱلسِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِ ۖ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَآ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَعْصِرُ خَمْرًا ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰنِىٓ أَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِى خُبْزًا تَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِنْهُ ۖ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦٓ ۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

And two young men went to prison with him. One of them said: I dreamed that I was pressing wine. The other said: I dreamed that I was carrying upon my head bread whereof the birds were eating. Announce unto us the interpretation, for we see thee of those good (at interpretation).

Quran 12:36
يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ أَمَّآ أَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسْقِى رَبَّهُۥ خَمْرًا ۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلْـَٔاخَرُ فَيُصْلَبُ فَتَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّيْرُ مِن رَّأْسِهِۦ ۚ قُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ تَسْتَفْتِيَانِ

O my two fellow-prisoners! As for one of you, he will pour out wine for his lord to drink; and as for the other, he will be crucified so that the birds will eat from his head. Thus is the case judged concerning which ye did inquire.

Quran 12:41

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A2noun
رَئيس
raʾīs

boss / president

Example
الرَئيس يُريد التَحَدُّث مَعَك.
ar-raʾīs yurīd at-taḥadduth maʿak.
The boss wants to speak with you.
A2noun
رَأْس
raʾs

head

Example
يُؤْلِمُني رَأْسي.
yuʾlimunī raʾsī.
My head hurts.

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