deriv► ḥarraša, vb. II, to instigate, prod, incite, provoke, incense; to set (bayn people against each other), sow discord, dissension (bayn among): D-stem, ints.
► taḥarraša, vb. V, to pick a quarrel, start a brawl (bi‑ with s.o.), provoke (bi‑ s.o.): tD-stem, intr. of II.
► taḥrīš, n., instigation, prodding, incitement, provocation, agitation, incensement: vn. II.
► taḥarruš, n., provocation, importunity, obtrusion, meddling, uncalled-for interference; sexual harrassment: vn. V. | ‑āt, n.pl., trespasses, encroachments. NB: According to DRS 9 (2010), the following items do not belong to the Sem *Ḥ/ḪRŚ reflected in Ar ḥaraša ‘to scratch’ but rather form a complex of their own, developed from the central idea of ‘roughness, coarseness’ (cf. ↗ḥariš and section DISC above; for the whole picture, cf. also ↗ḤRŠ). ► ḥariš and ʔaḥrašᵘ, adj., rough, coarse, scabrous: see also ↗s.v.
► ḥaraš, ḥuršaẗ, ḥarāšaẗ, n.f., roughness, coarseness, scabrousness: vn. of an obsol. vb. I †ḥariša.
► ḥurš, var. ḥirš, pl. ʔaḥrāš, ḥurūš, n., forest, wood(s): originally, *‘rough landscape’ or *‘region that looks as if scratched, roughened’ ?