Abstract
For commutative rings with identity, we introduce and study the concept of semi r-ideals which is a kind of generalization of both r-ideals and semiprime ideals. A proper ideal I of a commutative ring R is called semi r-ideal if whenever a2 ∈ I and AnnR(a) = 0, then a ∈ I. Several properties and characterizations of this class of ideals are determined. In particular, we investigate semi r-ideal under various contexts of constructions such as direct products, localizations, homomorphic images, idealizations and amalagamations rings. We extend semi r-ideals of rings to semi r-submodules of modules and clarify some of their properties. Moreover, we define submodules satisfying the D-annihilator condition and justify when they are semi r-submodules.