ح ر ث

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