pruir

From Vulgar Latin *prudire, dissimilated from Latin prūrīre, present active infinitive of prūriō. First attested in 1371.[1]

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈi/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈiɾ/
• Homophone: pruí
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

pruir (first-person singular present pruo, past participle pruït)

1. (intransitive) to hunger

• pruent
• pruïja

• “pruir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pruir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pruir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin prūrīre (“to itch”), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”).; compare Galician proer, Catalan pruir. Doublet of prurir, a learned form.

pruir (first-person singular present pruo, first-person singular preterite pruí, past participle pruído)

1. Alternative form of prurir