arrha

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English

Etymology

From Latin arrha (“deposit, pledge”).

Noun

arrha (plural arrhae)

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

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French

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Verb

arrha

  1. third-person singular past historic of arrher

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

arrha f (genitive arrhae); first declension

  1. deposit, down payment
  2. pledge

Declension

First-declension noun.

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
  • Galician: arras
  • Italian: arra
  • Occitan: arras
  • Portuguese: arras
  • Spanish: arras (see there for further descendants)

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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