arnal

• arnao, arnau

Arna (“bark”) +‎ -al. The alternative form arnau is probably due to the velar pronunciation of postnuclear l, frequent among elders.

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈnal/, /aɾˈnaʊ̯/

arnal m or f (plural arnais)

1. harsh; wild; fierce

   Antonym: molar

The adjectives arnal (“harsh”) and molar (“soft”) are sometimes used to name and qualify different varieties of the same species or species of the same kind of animals or plants.

• lagarto arnal
• toxo arnal

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arnal”, 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), “arnal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arnal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Dutch haarnaald (“hairpin”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈarnal]
• Hyphenation: ar‧nal

arnal (plural arnal-arnal)

1. (colloquial) hairpin

• harnal

• “arnal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.