ruxir

Galician

Alternative forms

• rugir (reintegrationist)
• roxer

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rogir (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin rugio, rugire. Compare Portuguese rugir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ruˈʃiɾ]

Verb

ruxir (first-person singular present ruxo, third-person singular present roxe, first-person singular preterite ruxín, past participle ruxido)

1. (intransitive) to sound
   1. (intransitive) to roar
   2. (intransitive) to rumble, growl
      • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 105:

        Outra enfirmidade se faz enno ventre do Cauallo que faz rrugyr as tripas, et faz a miude estercar o Cauallo cruu et rraro como agooa

        another sickness happens in the belly of the horse that make the guts rumble, and frequently it makes the horse defecate raw and sparse as water

   3. (intransitive) to hum
   4. (intransitive) to buzz
   5. (intransitive) to rustle
   6. (intransitive) to jingle
      • 1858, Vicente Turnes, Himno a S. M. Isabel II:

        Si temos paz os cartiños roxirán nas faltriqueiras, pro si hai vingas e senreiras o daño será maior

        If we have peace coins will jingle inside the pouches, but if there are vengeances and hatreds, the damage will be larger

   7. (intransitive) to crack
2. (reflexive) to blow one's nose

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ruxir (u-o alternation in present singular)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ruxir
Personal	ruxir	ruxires	ruxir	ruxirmos	ruxirdes	ruxiren
Gerund
	ruxindo
Past participle
Masculine	ruxido			ruxidos
Feminine	ruxida			ruxidas
Indicative
Present	ruxo	roxes	roxe	ruximos	ruxides	roxen
Imperfect	ruxía	ruxías	ruxía	ruxiamos	ruxiades	ruxían
Preterite	ruxín	ruxiches	ruxiu	ruximos	ruxistes	ruxiron
Pluperfect	ruxira	ruxiras	ruxira	ruxiramos	ruxirades	ruxiran
Future	ruxirei	ruxirás	ruxirá	ruxiremos	ruxiredes	ruxirán
Conditional	ruxiría	ruxirías	ruxiría	ruxiriamos	ruxiriades	ruxirían
Subjunctive
Present	ruxa	ruxas	ruxa	ruxamos	ruxades	ruxan
Imperfect	ruxise	ruxises	ruxise	ruxísemos	ruxísedes	ruxisen
Future	ruxir	ruxires	ruxir	ruxirmos	ruxirdes	ruxiren
Imperative
Affirmative		ruxe	ruxa	ruxamos	ruxide	ruxan
Negative (non)		non ruxas	non ruxa	non ruxamos	non ruxades	non ruxan

Derived terms

• ruxerruxe

Further reading

• “ruxir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rogir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rugyr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ruxir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ruxir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ruxir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN