rik

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See also: Rik and -rik

English

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Noun

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rik (plural riks)

  1. Alternative spelling of riq

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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rik

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of riche (rich)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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rik

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of riche (realm)

Middle Scots

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Etymology 1

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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.

Adjective

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rik

  1. mighty great
  2. wealthy, well-off, rich
  3. valuable
  4. costly, splendid
  5. (of colour) strong, deep

Noun

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rik

  1. the rich or powerful

Etymology 2

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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.

Noun

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rik

  1. kingdom, realm
  2. the kingdom of heaven
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Mokilese

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Verb

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rik

  1. (transitive) to collect, gather

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North Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian rīke, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (mighty), from *rīks, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs (king) (compare Irish ), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (king).

Adjective

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rik (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring, Sylt)

  1. rich

Inflection

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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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.

Adjective

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rik (masculine and feminine rik, neuter rikt, definite singular and plural rike, comparative rikere, indefinite superlative rikest, definite superlative rikeste)

  1. rich (having wealth)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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rik (neuter singular rikt, definite singular and plural rike, comparative rikare, indefinite superlative rikast, definite superlative rikaste)

  1. rich (having wealth, or more generally, much of something)

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Swedish

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /riːk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Adjective

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rik

  1. rich, wealthy
    Synonyms: förmögen, välbärgad, välbeställd, välsituerad
    Antonym: fattig
    Hon har mycket pengar, så hon är rik
    She has a lot of money, so she is rich
  2. rich (more generally)
    en rik gruva
    a rich mine
    1. abundant, etc. (when sounding better as a translation)
      rikt fågelliv
      abundant/rich birdlife

Declension

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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

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Veps

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *rikki. Cognates include Finnish rikki.

Noun

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rik

  1. sulfur

Declension

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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

West Flemish

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch ricke, variant of rugge, from Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.

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Noun

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rik m

  1. back (of the body)

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Zealandic

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch ricke, variant of rugge, from Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.

Noun

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rik m (plural [please provide])

  1. back (of the body)