رعية

Arabic

Etymology

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

Noun

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

herd, flock
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 quote)
  ("the ruler is the guardian of his subjects")
subject (of a ruler)
(Christianity) parish

Declension

Declension of noun رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	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
Plural	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 (ṙayatʿ), ռահաթ (ṙahatʿ), ռհաթ (ṙhatʿ), ռըհաթ (ṙəhatʿ), ռըյաթ (ṙəyatʿ), ռիաթ (ṙiatʿ), ըռայա (əṙaya), ռա̈յա̈ (ṙäyä); ռայայ (ṙayay)
→ Malay: rakyat
- Indonesian: rakyat
- → English: rakyat
→ Classical Persian: رعیت‎ (ra'yat) (see there for further descendants)
→ Portuguese: arraia
→ Swahili: raia

(via plural form رَعَايَا‎ (raʕāyā)):

→ Ottoman Turkish: رعایا‎ (re'aya)
- → English: rayah
- → Greek: ραγιάς (ragiás)
- → Macedonian: раја (raja)
- → Russian: райя (rajja)
- → Serbo-Croatian: rája / ра́ја
→ Classical Persian: رعایا‎ (ra'āyā) (see there for further descendants)

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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