arrigar

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From Latin eradicare (“to unroot”). Doublet of erradicar, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ariˈɣaɾ/

Verb

1. to unroot, uproot
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 121:

     Auen aas uezes que eno collo et eno rrabo do Cauallo fazese sarna et proido que lle arriga da Reiz os cabellos et tanto o faz esfregar que se esfolla en todo.

     Sometimes in the neck and the tail of the horse there is scabies and itch that tear up the hairs by the roots, and made him rub so much that he even flays himself

   • 1846, anonymous, Carta de Cristobo a seu tío don Alifonso de Santiago:

     os demos tamén berraban chamando por escoleres e por meigas de máis fama qu'os arrigasen da Cruña e os lovasen para Francia

     also the demons were shouting, calling for more famous sorcerers and witches who could uproot them from a Coruña and take them to France

   Synonym: arrincar

2. to collect, pick up

   Synonym: apañar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arrig”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arrigar”, 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), “arrigar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arrigar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) arrigar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of arrigō