arrha
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin arrha (“deposit, pledge”)
Noun[edit]
arrha (plural arrhae)
- (law, historical) Money or some other valuable item given to evidence a contract; a pledge or earnest.
Translations[edit]
money or valuables given to evidence a contract
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
arrha
- third-person singular past historic of arrher
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Shortened form of arrhabō, from Ancient Greek ἀρραβών (arrhabṓn), from Biblical Hebrew עירבון / עֵרָבוֹן (ʿērāḇōn, “guarantee, deposit”) (earlier *ʿirrabūn).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈar.ra/, [ˈärːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.ra/, [ˈärːä]
Noun[edit]
arrha f (genitive arrhae); first declension
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- “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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