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Galician
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
Verb
ruxir (first-person singular present ruxo, third-person singular present roxe, first-person singular preterite ruxín, past participle ruxido)
- (intransitive) to sound
- (intransitive) to roar
- (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
- (intransitive) to hum
- (intransitive) to buzz
- (intransitive) to rustle
- (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
- (intransitive) to crack
- (reflexive) to blow one's nose
Conjugation
Conjugation of ruxir (u-o alternation in present singular)
Derived terms
Further reading
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