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Root entry · 35 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of tending to or watching over something, particularly livestock. It extends to concepts of guardianship, observation, and the place where grazing occurs. The root also encompasses related terms for the animals themselves and the act of listening attentively.

Derived headwords

رَعْيnoun

1.
grazingboth
The act of livestock feeding on pasture.
2.
pastureboth
The vegetation that is eaten by grazing animals.

رَعَىverb

1.
to grazeboth
To feed on grass or other vegetation.
2.
to tendboth
To look after and care for livestock or a flock.
3.
to guardboth
To watch over and protect.
4.
to observeboth
To watch carefully and attentively.
5.
to preserveboth
To keep safe from harm or loss.

مَرْعَىnoun

1.
pastureboth
A place where animals graze.
2.
grazingboth
The act of grazing.
3.
source of sustenanceclassical
A place or means of livelihood.

مَرْعَاةnoun

1.
pastureboth
A place where animals graze.

رَاعٍnoun

1.
shepherdboth
A person who tends sheep or cattle.
2.
guardianboth
One who has the care of a person or thing.
3.
poetclassical
A person who composes poetry.

رُعَاةnoun

1.
shepherdsboth
Plural of shepherd; those who tend livestock.
2.
guardiansboth
Plural of guardian; those who are in charge.

رُعْيَانnoun

1.
shepherdsboth
Plural of shepherd; those who tend livestock.

رُعَاءnoun

1.
shepherdsboth
Plural of shepherd; those who tend livestock.

رَعِيَّةnoun

1.
flockboth
A group of sheep or goats.
2.
subjectsboth
People under the rule of a sovereign or government.
3.
livestockboth
Domesticated animals kept for produce or work.
4.
pastured landclassical
Land with protruding stones that hinder plowing.

تَرْعِيَةnoun

1.
skill in tending camelsclassical
Expertise in managing and caring for camels.

تُرَعِّيَةnoun

1.
skill in tending camelsclassical
Expertise in managing and caring for camels.

تَرَاعِيَةnoun

1.
skill in tending camelsclassical
Expertise in managing and caring for camels.

تَرْعِيnoun

1.
skill in tending camelsclassical
Expertise in managing and caring for camels.

رَعَاوَىnoun

1.
camels grazingclassical
Camels grazing around people's homes and lands.

رَاعَيْتُهُverb

1.
to observe him benevolentlyclassical
To watch over someone with kindness and care.

رَعَاهَاverb

1.
to observe itclassical
To watch the stars and await their setting.
2.
to preserve itboth
To guard or keep something safe.

رُعْيَاnoun

1.
preservationclassical
The act of guarding or keeping safe.

رُعْوَىnoun

1.
preservationclassical
The act of guarding or keeping safe.

اسْتَرْعَاهُverb

1.
to entrust to someone's careboth
To ask someone to guard or take responsibility for something or someone.

رَعَتْverb

1.
to grazeboth
The past tense of grazing for livestock.

ارْتَعَتْverb

1.
to grazeboth
The past tense of grazing for livestock.

تَرَعَّتْverb

1.
to grazeboth
The past tense of grazing for livestock.

أَرْعَاهَاverb

1.
to make it a pastureclassical
To designate a place as suitable for grazing.
2.
to cause to grazeboth
To allow or cause livestock to graze.

رَعَايَاnoun

1.
livestockboth
The animals being pastured, belonging to someone.

رَعَاوِيَةnoun

1.
livestockboth
The animals being pastured, belonging to someone.

أَرْعَاوِيَةnoun

1.
livestock of the rulerclassical
The animals belonging to the Sultan or ruler.

أَرْعِنِي سَمْعَكَverb phrase

1.
listen to meboth
Pay attention to what I am saying.

رَاعِنِي سَمْعَكَverb phrase

1.
listen to meboth
Pay attention to what I am saying.

رَاعِي البُسْتَانnoun

1.
type of locustclassical
A specific kind of insect, a locust.

رَاعِيَةُ الأَتَنnoun

1.
type of locustclassical
A specific kind of insect, a locust.

رَاعِيَةُ الجَبَلnoun

1.
mountain birdclassical
A type of bird found in mountainous regions.

أَرْعُوَةnoun

1.
plow beamclassical
The main beam of a farmer's plow.

أَرْعَيْتُ عَلَيْهِverb

1.
to spare himclassical
To show mercy or leniency towards someone.
2.
to have mercy on himclassical
To feel compassion and act kindly.

رَاعِيَةُ الشَّيْبnoun

1.
early signs of gray hairclassical
The initial appearance of graying hair.

رَوَاعِيهnoun

1.
early signs of gray hairclassical
The initial appearance of graying hair.

Parallel reading

الرعي، بالكسر: الكلأ ج: أرعاء، وبالفتح: المصدر.

Ar-ra'y (with kasra): the herbage, plural: ar'aa', and with fatha: the مصدر (verbal noun).

والمرعى: الرعي، والمصدر، والموضع، كالمرعاة.

And al-mar'aa: the grazing, the مصدر, and the place, like al-mar'aah.

والراعي: كل من ولي أمر قوم ج: رعاة ورعيان ورعاء، ويكسر، وشاعر، والقوم رعية، كغنية.

And ar-ra'i: whoever is in charge of a people, plural: ru'aah, ru'yaan, and ru'aa', and with kasra, and a poet, and the people are a ra'iyyah, like ghiniyah.

ورجل ترعية، مثلثة وقد يخفف، وترعاية وتراعية، بالضم والكسر: يجيد رعية الإبل، أو صناعته وصناعة آبائه رعاية الإبل.

And a man is tar'iyah, with three vowelizations, and tur'iyyah and taraa'iyah, with damma and kasra: skilled in tending camels, or his craft and the craft of his fathers in tending camels.

والرعاوى، كسكارى ويضم: الإبل ترعى حوالي القوم وديارهم.

And ar-ra'aawaa, like sukaaraa and with damma: camels grazing around the people and their dwellings.

وراعيته: لاحظته محسنا إليه، و الأمر: نظرت إلام يصير، و الحمار الحمر: رعى معها، و النجوم: راقبها وانتظر مغيبها، كرعاها، و أمره: حفظه، كرعاه، والاسم: الرعيا والرعوى، ويفتح، و الأرض: كثر فيها المرعى.

And I observed him: I watched him benevolently; and the matter: I looked to its outcome; and the red donkey: grazed with her; and the stars: I watched them and waited for their setting, like ra'aahaa; and his affair: I preserved it, like ra'aahu; and the noun: ar-ru'yaa and ar-ru'waa, and with fatha; and the land: abundant with pasture.

واسترعاه إياهم: استحفظه.

And I entrusted them to him: I asked him to guard them.

والرعية: الماشية الراعية والمرعية.

And ar-ra'iyyah: the grazing and the pastured livestock.

ورعت الماشية ترعى رعيا ورعاية، وارتعت وترعت، ورعاها وأرعاها.

And the livestock grazed, grazing and tending, and they grazed, and were grazed, and he tended them and made them graze.

والرعية، بالكسر: الاسم، وأرض فيها حجارة ناتئة تمنع اللؤمة، وبلا لام: صحابي سحيمي، أو هو كسمية.

And ar-ra'iyyah, with kasra: the noun, and land with protruding stones that hinder plowing, and without 'al': a companion of Suhaim, or he is like Sumayyah.

وأرعاه المكان: جعله له مرعى، و الأرض: كثر رعيها.

And I made the place a pasture for him: I designated it as a grazing place for him; and the land: its grazing became abundant.

والرعايا والرعاوية: الماشية المرعية لكل من كان.

And ar-ra'aayaa and ar-ra'aawiyah: the pastured livestock of whomever it belonged.

والأرعاوية: للسلطان.

And al-ar'aawiyah: for the Sultan.

وأرعني سمعك، وراعني سمعك: استمع لمقالي.

And give me your hearing, and heed my hearing: listen to my words.

وراعي البستان، وراعية الأتن: ضربان من الجنادب.

And the gardener's tender, and the she-ass's tender: two types of locusts.

وراعية الجبل: طائر.

And the mountain's tender: a bird.

والأرعوة، بالضم: نير الفدان.

And al-ar'uwah, with damma: the beam of the plow.

وأرعيت عليه: أبقيت، وترحمته.

And I spared him: I let him live, and I had mercy on him.

وراعية الشيب، ورواعيه: أوائله.

And the tender of gray hair, and its tenders: its beginnings.