arici

See also: arıcı

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin erīcius. Compare Romanian arici.

Noun

arici m (plural arici)

  1. hedgehog

Derived terms
  • aricionj
  • ariciusescu

Romanian
arici

Etymology

From Latin ēricius, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”). The expected normal result would have been *ariț, and explanations for the current form include an intermediate Vulgar Latin root *ērix, ēricis or alternatively *ēriciō, ēriciōnem, in which case it would be regressively derived from a hypothetical Romanian *ariciune (compare French hérisson, Catalan eriçó, Romansch erizun). It may also have simply been a change in the suffix. The change also seems to have affected a form of the Aromanian equivalent. Compare Italian riccio, Sardinian rizzu.

Noun

arici m (plural arici)

  1. hedgehog (animal)

Declension
declension of arici
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) arici ariciul (niște) arici aricii
genitive/dative (unui) arici ariciului (unor) arici aricilor
vocative ariciule aricilor

Derived terms
  • aricioi

See also
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