arrha

English

Etymology

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.

Translations

money or valuables given to evidence a contract

• French: arrhes (fr) f pl
• Portuguese: arras (pt) f pl

Anagrams

• arrah, Harar

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: arrhas, arrhât

Verb

arrha

1. 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 *ʿirrabūn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ra/, [ˈärːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ra/, [ˈärːä]

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.