*ḫrś: 'scratch, scrape' 1, 'earthenware pottery; potsherd' 2

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ḫrś
Meaning	'scratch, scrape' 1, 'earthenware pottery; potsherd' 2
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab yḫršnhw 1 (Biella 212)	Biella 212	gloss withheld
Arabic	ḫarašahu 'he, or it, scratched him, or it, with the nails' 1 (Lane 722)	Lane 722
Syrian Aramaic	ḥras 'roughen, harden by rubbing' 1 (Payne Smith 158)	Payne Smith 158
Phoenician	ḥrš 2 (Krahmalkov 198)	Krahmalkov 198	gloss withheld
Punic	hers 2; Neo-Punic irs 2 (Krahmalkov 198)	Krahmalkov 198	gloss withheld
Hebrew	חֶרֶשׂ 2 (HALOT 357)	HALOT 357	gloss withheld

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

Ar. š = Syr. s (*ś). Krahmalkov 198 compares Heb. ḥereś with Ph. ḥrš, Pu. hers 'potsherd' 2.

Updated 3 November 2026