rik (plural riks)
rik
rik
From Old Frisian rīke, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“mighty”), from *rīks, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs (“king”) (compare Irish rí), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“king”).
rik
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.
rik (masculine and feminine rik, neuter rikt, definite singular and plural rike, comparative rikere, indefinite superlative rikest, definite superlative rikeste)
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. Akin to English rich.
rik (neuter singular rikt, definite singular and plural rike, comparative rikare, indefinite superlative rikast, definite superlative rikaste)
From Northern Middle English rike, from a conflation of Old English rīce (“powerful, mighty, great, possessed of power, of high rank; rich, possessed of wealth; strong, potent”) and Old Norse ríkr (“powerful, rich”); both from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“kingly, powerful, rich”). More at rich.
rik (comparative mair rik, superlative maist rik) (Middle Scots)
rik (plural riks)
From Northern Middle English rike, from Old English rīce (“power, authority, might, dominion, rule, empire, reign”) and Old Norse ríki (“kingdom, realm, reign”); both from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją (“authority, reign, realm, kingdom”). More at rich.
rik (plural riks) (Middle Scots)
From Old Swedish rīker, from Old Norse ríkr, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king, ruler”), itself a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.
rik
| Inflection of rik | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | rik | rikare | rikast |
| Neuter singular | rikt | rikare | rikast |
| Plural | rika | rikare | rikast |
| Masculine plural3 | rike | rikare | rikast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | rike | rikare | rikaste |
| All | rika | rikare | rikaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
From Proto-Finnic *rikki. Cognates include Finnish rikki.
rik
| Inflection of rik (inflection type 2/kodi) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | rik | ||
| genitive sing. | rikin | ||
| partitive sing. | rikid | ||
| partitive plur. | — | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rik | — | |
| accusative | rikin | — | |
| genitive | rikin | — | |
| partitive | rikid | — | |
| essive-instructive | rikin | — | |
| translative | rikikš | — | |
| inessive | rikiš | — | |
| elative | rikišpäi | — | |
| illative | rikihe | — | |
| adessive | rikil | — | |
| ablative | rikilpäi | — | |
| allative | rikile | — | |
| abessive | rikita | — | |
| comitative | rikinke | — | |
| prolative | rikidme | — | |
| approximative I | rikinno | — | |
| approximative II | rikinnoks | — | |
| egressive | rikinnopäi | — | |
| terminative I | rikihesai | — | |
| terminative II | rikilesai | — | |
| terminative III | rikissai | — | |
| additive I | rikihepäi | — | |
| additive II | rikilepäi | — | |
From Middle Dutch ricke, variant of rugge, from Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.
rik m
From Middle Dutch ricke, variant of rugge, from Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.
rik m (plural )