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.

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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 *ʿirrabōn).

Pronunciation

Noun

arrha f (genitive arrhae); first declension

  1. deposit, down payment
  2. pledge

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative arrha arrhae
Genitive arrhae arrhārum
Dative arrhae arrhīs
Accusative arrham arrhās
Ablative arrhā arrhīs
Vocative arrha arrhae

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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