ríkur

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ríkr, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, a derivative of *rīks (“king, ruler”), itself a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ríkur (comparative ríkari, superlative ríkastur)

  1. rich

Declension

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Singular (eintal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) ríkur rík ríkt
Accusative (hvønnfall) ríkan ríka
Dative (hvørjumfall) ríkum ríkari ríkum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (ríks) (ríkar) (ríks)
Plural (fleirtal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) ríkir ríkar rík
Accusative (hvønnfall) ríkar
Dative (hvørjumfall) ríkum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (ríka)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ríkr, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, a derivative of *rīks (“king, ruler”), itself a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ríkur (comparative ríkari, superlative ríkastur)

  1. rich, wealthy
    Mamma mín er rík.
    My mom is rich.
  2. powerful, strong, compelling
    Ég hef ríkar ástæður. ― I have compelling reasons.

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ríkur rík ríkt
accusative ríkan ríka ríkt
dative ríkum ríkri ríku
genitive ríks ríkrar ríks
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ríkir ríkar rík
accusative ríka ríkar rík
dative ríkum ríkum ríkum
genitive ríkra ríkra ríkra
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ríki ríka ríka
accusative ríka ríku ríka
dative ríka ríku ríka
genitive ríka ríku ríka
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ríku ríku ríku
accusative ríku ríku ríku
dative ríku ríku ríku
genitive ríku ríku ríku
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ríkari ríkari ríkara
accusative ríkari ríkari ríkara
dative ríkari ríkari ríkara
genitive ríkari ríkari ríkara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ríkari ríkari ríkari
accusative ríkari ríkari ríkari
dative ríkari ríkari ríkari
genitive ríkari ríkari ríkari
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ríkastur ríkust ríkast
accusative ríkastan ríkasta ríkast
dative ríkustum ríkastri ríkustu
genitive ríkasts ríkastrar ríkasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ríkastir ríkastar ríkust
accusative ríkasta ríkastar ríkust
dative ríkustum ríkustum ríkustum
genitive ríkastra ríkastra ríkastra
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative ríkasti ríkasta ríkasta
accusative ríkasta ríkustu ríkasta
dative ríkasta ríkustu ríkasta
genitive ríkasta ríkustu ríkasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ríkustu ríkustu ríkustu
accusative ríkustu ríkustu ríkustu
dative ríkustu ríkustu ríkustu
genitive ríkustu ríkustu ríkustu

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