ríkur

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹʊiːkʊɹ/

  Rhymes: -ʊiːkʊɹ

Adjective

ríkur (comparative ríkari, superlative ríkastur)

1. rich

Declension

Declension of ríkur (a1)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ríkur	rík	ríkt
accusative	ríkan	ríka	ríkt
dative	ríkum	ríkari	ríkum
genitive	ríks	ríkar	ríks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ríkir	ríkar	rík
accusative	ríkar	ríkar	rík
dative	ríkum	ríkum	ríkum
genitive	ríka	ríka	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

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːkʏr/

  Rhymes: -iːkʏr

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.

Declension

Positive forms of ríkur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ríkur	rík	ríkt
	accusative	ríkan	ríka
	dative	ríkum	ríkri	ríku
	genitive	ríks	ríkrar	ríks
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ríkir	ríkar	rík
	accusative	ríka
	dative	ríkum
	genitive	ríkra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ríki	ríka	ríka
	acc/dat/gen	ríka	ríku
	plural (all-case)	ríku

Comparative forms of ríkur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	ríkari	ríkari	ríkara
	plural (all-case)	ríkari

Superlative forms of ríkur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ríkastur	ríkust	ríkast
	accusative	ríkastan	ríkasta
	dative	ríkustum	ríkastri	ríkustu
	genitive	ríkasts	ríkastrar	ríkasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ríkastir	ríkastar	ríkust
	accusative	ríkasta
	dative	ríkustum
	genitive	ríkastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ríkasti	ríkasta	ríkasta
	acc/dat/gen	ríkasta	ríkustu
	plural (all-case)	ríkustu

Derived terms

• í ríkum mæli (“to a high degree, to a pronounced extent”)
• leggja ríkt á við um (“to emphasize something strongly to someone”)
• litríkur (“colorful”)
• ríkidæmi n (“money”)
• safaríkur (“juicy”)
• sjón er sögu ríkari (“seeing is believing”, literally “seeing is more valuable than a story”)