حرث

From Proto-Semitic *ḥaraṯ-.

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حَرَثَ • (ḥaraṯa) I (non-past يَحْرِثُ (yaḥriṯu) or يَحْرُثُ (yaḥruṯu), verbal noun حَرْث (ḥarṯ))

1. (transitive) to plow, to till, to cultivate

   Synonyms: فَلَحَ (falaḥa), أَكَرَ (ʔakara)

حَرْث • (ḥarṯ) m

1. verbal noun of حَرَثَ (ḥaraṯa) (form I)
2. plowing, tilling, cultivation, plantation, culture
3. arable land, tilth
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:223:

     نِسَاؤُكُمْ حَرْثٌ لَكُمْ فَأْتُوا حَرْثَكُمْ أَنَّى شِئْتُمْ وَقَدِّمُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّكُمْ مُلَاقُوهُ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

     nisāʔukum ḥarṯun lakum faʔtū ḥarṯakum ʔannā šiʔtum waqaddimū liʔanfusikum wāttaqū l-laha wāʕlamū ʔannakum mulāqūhu wabašširi l-muʔminīna

     Your wives are a place of sowing of seed for you, so come to your place of cultivation however you wish and put forth for yourselves. And fear Allah and know that you will meet Him. And give good tidings to the believers.

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