ric

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to straighten, direct, make right”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ric (feminine rica, masculine plural rics, feminine plural riques)

  1. rich (abundant in some way)
    Antonym: pobre
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

ric

  1. first-person singular present indicative of riure

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz. Compare Italian ricco.

Adjective

ric

  1. rich

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Interlingua

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to straighten, direct, make right”).

Adjective

ric (comparative plus ric, superlative le plus ric)

  1. rich
  2. luxurious

Antonyms

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Verb

ric

  1. second-person singular imperative of ricaś

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Celtic *rīgyom (“kingdom”), derived from *rīxs (“king”).

Cognate with Old Frisian rīke, Old Saxon rīki, Old Dutch rīki, Old High German rīhhi, Old Norse ríki, Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 (reiki). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin rēx.

Pronunciation

Noun

rīc n (Northumbrian)

  1. Alternative form of rīċe

Declension

Ja-stem (neuter):

singular plural
nominative rīc rīcu
accusative rīc rīcu
genitive rīces rīca
dative rīc rīcum

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to straighten, direct, make right”).

Adjective

ric m (feminine singular rica, masculine plural rics, feminine plural ricas)

  1. rich (abundant in some way)

Descendants

  • Catalan: ric
  • Occitan: ric

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

ric (masculine plural ricos)

  1. Apocopic form of rico; rich, wealthy
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 12r:
      […] ⁊ fuxo en tierra de madian. Auia ẏ un ric om̃e q́ auẏa nõbre ietro. e raguel ſu mugier auẏa .vij. fijas. E dio la una por mugier a moẏſẽ. Eſta auie nõbre ſephora.
      And he fled to the land of Midian, where there lived a rich man whose name was Jethro and Reuel, whose wife had seven daughters. And he gave Moses one of them in marriage, and her name was Zipporah.
    • Idem, f. 82v.
      Alli delãt gazar baptizo ſãt felip al rẏc õe q̃ era de cãdace la reẏna. ⁊ el era de ethiopia e veno a iħrꝉm al tenple orar. […]
      There, before Gaza, Saint Philip baptized the rich man who was of Candace, the queen. He was from Ethiopia and had come to Jerusalem to pray at the temple.
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