رعى

Root entry · 30 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of tending to, watching over, or grazing, particularly in relation to livestock and pastures. It extends to concepts of observing, heeding, obeying, and governing, as well as refraining from actions.

Derived headwords

الرعىnoun

1.
pasture, herbage (with kasra)both
pasture, herbage (with kasra)
2.
grazing (with fatha), the verbal nounboth
grazing (with fatha), the verbal noun

مرعىnoun

1.
pastureboth
A place where animals graze; a pasture.
2.
grazingboth
The act of grazing.
3.
source of sustenanceclassical
Figuratively, a place or thing from which one derives sustenance or benefit.

مرعى ولا كالسعدان — A pasture, but none like the Sa'dan plant.

الراعيnoun

1.
the governor and the general populaceboth
the governor and the general populace

رعاةnoun

1.
plural of al-rāʿī (shepherd)both
plural of al-rāʿī (shepherd)

رعيانnoun

1.
like kuttab (scribes) and shubbān (youths)both
like kuttab (scribes) and shubbān (youths)

رعاءnoun

1.
like jāʾiʿ (hungry)both
like jāʾiʿ (hungry)

ترعيةadjective

1.
skilled in tending camelsclassical
Describing someone who is adept at looking after camels.

رجل ترعية وترعية — A man skilled in tending camels.

ترعايةadjective

1.
skilled in tending camelsclassical
An alternative term for someone skilled in looking after camels.

الرعاوىnoun

1.
camels grazing nearbyclassical
Camels that graze around a people's encampment or dwellings, implying they are the source of livelihood.

كنضو الرعاوى — Like the worn-out camels.

راعى الامرverb

1.
one who observes the matter to see where it leadsboth
one who observes the matter to see where it leads

راعيتهverb

1.
to observe itboth
To watch over it or pay attention to it.
2.
to heedboth
To pay attention to and respect, such as rights.

يراعيverb

1.
to graze withboth
To graze alongside other animals.
2.
to watchboth
To observe or look out for.

الحمار يراعي الحمر، أي يرعى معها — The donkey grazes with the donkeys, meaning it grazes with them.

استرعىverb

1.
to entrust with careboth
To ask someone to look after or take charge of something.

من استرعى الذئب ظلم — Whoever entrusts a wolf with care has wronged (the sheep).

الرعيةnoun

1.
subjectsboth
The general populace or subjects under a ruler's governance.

ليس المرعي كالراعي — The subject is not like the ruler.

رعَوverb

1.
to refrainboth
To cease or desist from actions, especially from wrongdoing.

الرعوةnoun

1.
refrainingclassical
The act of refraining or desisting from something.

الرعوةnoun

1.
refrainingclassical
The act of refraining or desisting from something.

الرعوىnoun

1.
refrainingclassical
The act of refraining or desisting from something.

الارعواءnoun

1.
refrainingboth
The act of refraining or desisting from wrongdoing.

ارْعَوَىverb

1.
he refrained from the ugly (thing), i.e., he stoppedboth
he refrained from the ugly (thing), i.e., he stopped

ارْعَوَى عن القبيح — He desisted from the ugly/bad thing.

الرعياnoun

1.
refrainingclassical
The act of refraining or desisting from something.

الرعوىnoun

1.
refrainingclassical
The act of refraining or desisting from something.

أرعى عليهverb

1.
to spareclassical
To show mercy or leniency towards someone.

أرعيت عليه — You spared him / showed mercy to him.

أرعيت سمعيverb

1.
to listen attentivelyboth
To lend one's hearing attentively; to pay close attention.

أرعيت عليه سمعي — I listened attentively to him.

راعناverb

1.
our agent from al-murāʿāh (observance) with the meaning 'listen to us'both
our agent from al-murāʿāh (observance) with the meaning 'listen to us'

راعنا — Look after us / Listen to us.

رعايةnoun

1.
careboth
The act of looking after, tending to, or governing.
2.
observationboth
The act of watching or observing.

رعى الامير رعيته رعاية — The prince took care of his subjects.

رعيتverb

1.
I pastured the camelsboth
I pastured the camels

رعيت الإبل أرعاها رعيا — I grazed the camels, I grazed them grazing.

ارتعىverb

1.
to grazeboth
The act of livestock eating grass.

رعيت النجومverb

1.
to watch the starsboth
To observe the stars, often implying vigilance or contemplation.

أرعى النجوم وما كلفت رعيتها — I watch the stars, though I am not tasked with their tending.

أرعى الله الماشيةverb

1.
God caused to grow pastureclassical
God caused vegetation to grow for the livestock to graze upon.

والله يرعيها — And God causes it (the pasture) to grow for them.

Parallel reading

الرعى بالكسر: الكلا.

Al-ri'ā' (with kasra): is fodder.

وبالفتح المصدر

And al-ra'ī (with fatha) is the مصدر (verbal noun).

والمرعى: الرعى، والموضع، والمصدر.

And al-mar'ā: is the grazing, the place, and the مصدر.

وفي المثل: " مرعى ولا كالسعدان ".

And in the proverb: 'A pasture, but none like the Sa'dan plant.'

والراعي جمعه رعاة مثل قاض وقضاة، ورعيان مثل شاب وشبان، ورعاء مثل جائع وجياع.

And al-rā'ī, its plural is ru'āh like qāḍin and quḍāh, and ru'yān like shābb and shubbān, and ru'ā' like jā'i' and jiyā'.

وفلان يرعى على أبيه، أي يرعى غنمه.

And so-and-so is tending for his father, meaning he is grazing his sheep.

رجل ترعية (1) وترعية، بكسر التاء وضمها والياء مشددة فيهما، للذي يجيد رعية الإبل.

A man 'tur'iyyah' (with kasra) and 'tur'iyyah' (with damma), with the ya' doubled in both, is for one who is skilled in tending camels.

ويقال أيضا: رجل ترعاية في معنى ترعية.

And it is also said: a man 'turāyah' in the meaning of 'tur'iyyah'.

والرعاوى والرعاوى، بفتح الراء وضمها: الإبل التي ترعى حوالي القوم وديارهم ; لأنها الإبل التي يعتمل عليها.

And al-ru'āwā and al-ru'āwā, with fatha and damma on the ra': are the camels that graze around the people and their dwellings; because they are the camels upon which livelihood depends.

قالت امرأة من العرب تعاتب زوجها: تمششتنى حتى إذا ما تركتني * كنضو الرعاوى قلت إنى ذاهب

An Arab woman said, chiding her husband: 'You led me on until when you left me * like the worn-out camels, I said indeed I am going.'

وراعيت الامر: نظرت إلى أين يصير.

And I observed the matter: I looked to see where it would lead.

وراعيته: لاحظته.

And I observed it: I noticed it.

وراعيته من مراعاة الحقوق.

And I observed it in the sense of observing rights.

ويقال: الحمار يراعي الحمر، أي يرعى معها:

And it is said: the donkey grazes with the donkeys, meaning it grazes with them:

من وحش حوضي يراعي الصيد منتبذا * كأنه كوكب في الجو منحرد

From the wild beasts of my pool, observing the hunt, isolated * as if it were a star falling in the sky.

سترعيته الشئ فرعاه.

I entrusted him with the thing, and he looked after it.

وفي المثل: من استرعى الذئب ظلم ".

And in the proverb: 'Whoever entrusts a wolf with care has wronged (the sheep).

والراعي: الوالي.

And al-rā'ī: is the ruler.

والرعية: العامة.

And al-ra'iyyah: is the general populace.

يقال: ليس المرعي كالراعي.

It is said: the subject is not like the ruler.

ورعا يرعو، أي كف عن الأمور.

And ra'ā, yar'ū, means to refrain from matters.

يقال: فلان حسن الرعوة (1) والرعوة والرعوى والارعواء.

It is said: So-and-so is good at refraining (al-ru'wah, al-ru'wah, al-ru'wā, and al-ir'iwā').

وقد ارعوى عن القبيح، وتقديره إفعول، ووزنه افعلل.

And he desisted from the ugly/bad thing, its pattern is if'ūl, and its weight is if'alil.

وإنما لم يدغم لسكون الياء.

And it was not assimilated because of the sukun on the ya'.

والاسم الرعيا (2) بالضم والرعوى بالفتح، مثل البقيا والبقوى.

And the noun is al-ru'yā (with damma) and al-ru'wā (with fatha), like al-buqyā and al-buqwā.

وتقول: أرعيت عليه، إذا أبقيت عليه وترحمته (3) .

And you say: I spared him, if you kept him and had mercy on him.

وأرعيت عليه سمعي، أي أصغيت إليه.

And I gave him my hearing, meaning I listened attentively to him.

وقوله تعالى: (راعنا).

And His saying, the Almighty: (Rā'inā).

قال الاخفش: هو فاعلنا من المراعاة على معنى أرعنا سمعك، ولكن الياء ذهبت للامر.

Al-Akhfash said: It is 'fā'ilnā' from al-murā'āh with the meaning of 'listen to us', but the ya' was dropped for the imperative.

ويقال: (راعنا) بالتنوين على إعمال القول فيه، كأنه قال: لا تقولوا حمقا ولا تقولوا هجرا، وهو من الرعونة.

And it is said: (Rā'inā) with tanwin, applying the saying to it, as if it meant: Do not say foolishness and do not say obscenity, and it is from al-ru'ūnah (foolishness).

ورعى الامير رعيته رعاية.

And the prince took care of his subjects with care.

ورعيت الإبل أرعاها رعيا.

And I grazed the camels, I grazed them grazing.

ورعى البعير الكلا.

And the camel grazed on the fodder.

وارتعى مثله.

And it grazed similarly.

ورعيت النجوم: رقبتها.

And I watched the stars: I observed them.

قالت الخنساء: أرعى النجوم وما كلفت رعيتها

Al-Khansā' said: I watch the stars, though I am not tasked with their tending

ابن السكيت: يقال رعيت عليه حرمته رعاية.

Ibn al-Sikkit: It is said, 'I respected his honor with observance.'

وأرعى الله الماشية، أي أنبت لها ما ترعاه.

And God caused the livestock to grow pasture, meaning He made grow for them what they graze on.

كأنها ظبية تعطو إلى فنن * تأكل من طيب والله يرعيها

As if she were a gazelle reaching for a branch * eating from the good, and God causes it (the pasture) to grow for her.