ح ر ث

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥaraṯ-.

Root

ح ر ث • (ḥ-r-ṯ)

1. Forms terms related to plowing or cultivating.

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: حَرَثَ (ḥaraṯa)
  • Verbal noun: حَرْث (ḥarṯ)
  • Active participle: حَارِث (ḥāriṯ)
  • Passive participle: مَحْرُوث (maḥrūṯ)

Nouns

• مِحْرَاث (miḥrāṯ, “plough”)
• حَرْثَة (ḥarṯa, “arable land”)
• حِرَاثَة (ḥirāṯa, “agriculture”)
• حَرَّاث (ḥarrāṯ, “plowman”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1960) “ح ر ث”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz