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رَأَسَهُ

Root: رأس

Form: 1

Full Definition

رَأَسَهُI , Present.T ـَ (K, TA, [in a copy of the M ـُ]) Verbal.Noun رَأْسٌ, He hit, or hurt, his head.
2 رَأَسْتُهُ بِالعَصَى I struck his head with the staff, or stick.
3 رَأَسَهُ البِرْسَامُ The disease called برسام affected, or overcame, (أَخَذَ,) his head. [And hence,] رُئِسَ, Verbal.Noun رَأْسٌ, His head was, or became, affected, or overcome, by the disease called برسام, or otherwise: or he had a complaint of his head.

def.2 رَأَسَ القَوْمَ, and رَأَسَ عَلَيْهِمْ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun رِئَاسَةٌ, He was, or became, head, chief, commander, governor, ruler, lord, master, prince, or king, of, or over, the people; he headed them; he was, or became, their superior, [See also 5.]
2 Also رَأَسَ, alone, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun رِئَاسَةٌ, He was, or became, high in rank or condition.
3 And, with the same Present.T and Verbal.Noun, He strove for رِئَاسَة [or headship, or command,] (زَاحَمَ عَلَيْهَا,) and desired it.
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