אָרִיס

אָרִיסII m. (ארס) prop. bound, engaged, esp. tenant who tills the owners ground for a certain share in the produces, contrad. fr. חכור tenant who pays the landlord a certain rent in kind, irrespective of the yield of the crops. Y.Bicc.I, end, 64b. Y.B. Bath.III, 14a bot. א׳ שהוריד א׳ a farmer letting to a sub-farmer. Ex. R. s. 43. Lev. R. s. 1 אֲרִיסוֹ his (the kings) tenant, i. e. Adam (in paradise); a. fr.Pl. אֲרִיסִים, אֲרִיסִין. Y. B. Bath. l. c. Y.M. Kat. III, 82b bot. Deut. R. s. 7; a. fr.Cmp. עָרִיס.