arici

See also: Arici and arıcı

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• ariciu, arits

Etymology

From Latin erīcius. Compare Romanian arici.

Noun

arici m (plural arici)

1. hedgehog

Derived terms

• aricionj
• ariciusescu

Romanian

arici

Etymology

Inherited 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 *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.

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Noun

arici m (plural arici)

1. hedgehog (animal)
2. Velcro

   Synonym: scai

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	arici	ariciul		arici	aricii
genitive-dative	arici	ariciului		arici	aricilor
vocative	ariciule			aricilor

Derived terms

• aricioi

See also

• porc spinos

Rukai

Noun

arici

1. pork fat; lard