Noun: arici
Long Infinitive of Verb:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | arici |
| Sg. Def. | ariciul |
| Pl. Indef. | arici |
| Pl. Def. | aricii |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | arici |
| Sg. Def. | ariciului |
| Pl. Indef. | arici |
| Pl. Def. | aricilor |
Vocative
| Singular | ariciule |
| Plural | aricilor |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like arici
grecotei,
saluki,
scobai,
socaci,
vădăoi,
fundici,
boglari,
babaroi,
baraboi,
pestrui,
pezevenchi,
pezevenghi,
băiețoi,
usturoi,
zaicoi,
ceasovoi,
sequoia,
ipsilon,
beilerbei,
popușoi, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
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, Romansh 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. See: Latin Nouns '
ēricius', Latin Nouns '
ēricius', French Nouns '
hérisson', Catalan Nouns '
eriçó', Italian Nouns '
riccio'.
Verbs referencing "arici"
Portuguese Nouns
ouriço.
Translations