אָרִיס II, (ארס) prop. bound, engaged, esp. tenant who tills the owner’s 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 king’s) 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.