رعية

Arabic

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

References

“رعية” in J.A. Haywood and H.M. Nahmad (1965), A new Arabic grammar (second 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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