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rik

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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rik

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

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Noun

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rik

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

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 rí), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“king”).

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rik

  1. (Mooring) rich

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.

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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.

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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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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.

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rik (comparative mair rik, superlative maist rik) (Middle Scots)

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

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rik (plural riks)

  1. (Middle Scots) 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.

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rik (plural riks) (Middle Scots)

  1. kingdom, realm
  2. the kingdom of heaven
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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

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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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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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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.

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rik m (plural [please provide])

  1. back (of the body)
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