አረሰ

Amharic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥaraṯ-. Cognates include Arabic حَرَثَ (ḥaraṯa) and Hebrew חָרַשׁ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)arːəsə/
• Hyphenation: አ‧ረ‧ሰ

Verb

አረሰ • (ʾarräsä)

1. (transitive) to plough, to farm
2. (transitive) to take care of one's parturient wife

Derived terms

• (instrumental noun): ማረሻ (maräša)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “አረሰ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 13