راية

See also: رأية

Arabic

Etymology

Originally رَأْيَة (raʔya), an instance noun of رَأَى (raʔā, “to see”), but "the Arabs prefer omitting [the hamza] ... and some say it has not been heard with ء (ʔ, “hamza”)." (Lane)

Noun

رَايَة • (rāya) f (plural رَايَات (rāyāt))

banner, ensign, an army's battle standard
- “طلت الراية الحمرا [The Red Banner Is Risen]”‎^[1]:
  طلت الراية الحمرا،
  رايات الجبهاوية،
  بأسمك حكيم الثورة،
  وبأسم الجبهة الشعبية.
  The red banner is risen,
  Banner of the frontliners,
  In your name, Sage of the Revolution,
  And in the name of the Popular Front.

Declension

Declension of noun **رَايَة** (rāya)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَايَة rāya	الرَّايَة ar-rāya	رَايَة rāyat
nominative	رَايَةٌ rāyatun	الرَّايَةُ ar-rāyatu	رَايَةُ rāyatu
accusative	رَايَةً rāyatan	الرَّايَةَ ar-rāyata	رَايَةَ rāyata
genitive	رَايَةٍ rāyatin	الرَّايَةِ ar-rāyati	رَايَةِ rāyati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَايَتَيْن rāyatayn	الرَّايَتَيْن ar-rāyatayn	رَايَتَيْ rāyatay
nominative	رَايَتَانِ rāyatāni	الرَّايَتَانِ ar-rāyatāni	رَايَتَا rāyatā
accusative	رَايَتَيْنِ rāyatayni	الرَّايَتَيْنِ ar-rāyatayni	رَايَتَيْ rāyatay
genitive	رَايَتَيْنِ rāyatayni	الرَّايَتَيْنِ ar-rāyatayni	رَايَتَيْ rāyatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَايَات rāyāt	الرَّايَات ar-rāyāt	رَايَات rāyāt
nominative	رَايَاتٌ rāyātun	الرَّايَاتُ ar-rāyātu	رَايَاتُ rāyātu
accusative	رَايَاتٍ rāyātin	الرَّايَاتِ ar-rāyāti	رَايَاتِ rāyāti
genitive	رَايَاتٍ rāyātin	الرَّايَاتِ ar-rāyāti	رَايَاتِ rāyāti

Derived terms

الرَّايَة (ar-rāya)

Descendants

→ Middle Armenian: ռայ (ṙay)
→ Ottoman Turkish: رایت (rayet)
- → Turkish: rayet
→ Persian: رایت (râyat)

References

Lane, Arabic-English Lexicon (1863), vol. I, p. 1001.