arrha

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

arrha (plural arrhae)

(law, historical) Money or some other valuable item given to evidence a contract; a pledge or earnest.

Translations

money or valuables given to evidence a contract

Portuguese: arras (pt) f pl

Anagrams

arrah

French

Pronunciation

Homophones: arrhas, arrhât

Verb

arrha

third-person singular past historic of arrher

Latin

Alternative forms

arra

Etymology

Shortened form of arrhabō, from Ancient Greek ἀρραβών (arrhabṓn), from Biblical Hebrew עירבון \ עֵרָבוֹן‎ (ʿērāḇōn, “guarantee, deposit”) (earlier *ʿirrabōn).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ra/

Noun

arrha f (genitive arrhae); first declension

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	arrha	arrhae
genitive	arrhae	arrhārum
dative	arrhae	arrhīs
accusative	arrham	arrhās
ablative	arrhā	arrhīs
vocative	arrha	arrhae

Descendants

Catalan: arres
French: arrhes
Italian: arra
Occitan: arras
Portuguese: arras
Spanish: arras

References

arrha in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
arrha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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