English

Noun

arrha ‎(plural arrhae)

1. (law, historical) Money or some other valuable item given to evidence a contract; a pledge or earnest.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: arrhas, arrhât

Verb

arrha

1. third-person singular past historic of arrher

Latin

Alternative forms

• arra

Etymology

Shortened form of arrhabo, originally from Hebrew aravon from arav (to give security).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ra/

Noun

arrha f ‎(genitive arrhae); first declension

1. deposit, down payment
2. pledge

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• French: arrhes
• Occitan: arras
• Portuguese: arras
• Spanish: arras

References

• arrha in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “arrha”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.