arrissar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ ris +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.riˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.riˈsaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.riˈsa]

Verb

arrissar (first-person singular present arrisso, first-person singular preterite arrissí, past participle arrissat)

1. (transitive) to curl (hair etc.), to make curly
2. (transitive) to crimp
3. (pronominal) to curl, to become curled or curly, to curl up; to ripple (of liquids)
   • 1965, Jaume Berenguer Amenós, Alexis Zorbàs:

     Al matí, la mar flairava a síndria; a migdia, fumejava, s'arrissava formant lleus ondulacions com pits molt tendres de noia amb prou feines dibuixats; al capvespre, sospirava, color de rosa, de vi, d'albergínia, blau fosc.

     In the morning, the sea smells of watermelon; at midday, it ripples forming slight undulations like very tender breasts barely sketched in; in the evening, it sighs, with the colour of a rose, of wine, of an eggplant, a dark blue.

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of arrissar (first conjugation)

infinitive			arrissar
gerund			arrissant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrissat		arrissada
		plural		arrissats		arrissades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arrisso	arrisses	arrissa	arrissem	arrisseu	arrissen
	imperfect	arrissava	arrissaves	arrissava	arrissàvem	arrissàveu	arrissaven
	future	arrissaré	arrissaràs	arrissarà	arrissarem	arrissareu	arrissaran
	preterite	arrissí	arrissares	arrissà	arrissàrem	arrissàreu	arrissaren
	conditional	arrissaria	arrissaries	arrissaria	arrissaríem	arrissaríeu	arrissarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arrissi	arrissis	arrissi	arrissem	arrisseu	arrissin
	imperfect	arrissés	arrissessis	arrissés	arrisséssim	arrisséssiu	arrissessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	arrissa	arrissi	arrissem	arrisseu	arrissin
	negative (no)	—	no arrissis	no arrissi	no arrissem	no arrisseu	no arrissin

Derived terms

• arrissada
• maneta arrissada

Further reading

• “arrissar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007