arruí

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish arruí, itself from Berber.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁuˈi/ [a.hʊˈi], (faster pronunciation) /aˈʁwi/ [aˈhwi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁuˈi/ [a.hʊˈi], (faster pronunciation) /aˈʁwi/ [aˈhwi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ʁuˈi/ [a.χʊˈi], (faster pronunciation) /aˈʁwi/ [aˈχwi]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʁwi/

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ar‧ru‧í

Noun

arruí m (plural arruís)

1. Barbary sheep, aoudad (Ammotragus lervia)

Further reading

• “arruí”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “arruí”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Berber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈrwi/ [aˈrwi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: a‧rruí

Noun

arruí m (plural arruíes or arruís)

1. Barbary sheep, aoudad (Ammotragus lervia)

Descendants

• → Basque: arrui
• → Catalan: arruí
• → Galician: arruí
• → Portuguese: arruí
  • → Mirandese: arruí

Further reading

• “arruí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024