rik

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See also: Rik and -rik

English

Noun

rik (plural riks)

  1. Alternative spelling of riq

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

rik

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

Etymology 2

Noun

rik

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

Middle Scots

Etymology 1

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

rik

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

Noun

rik

  1. the rich or powerful

Etymology 2

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

rik

  1. kingdom, realm
  2. the kingdom of heaven

Mokilese

Verb

rik

  1. (transitive) to collect, gather

Derived terms

References

North Frisian

Etymology

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”).

Adjective

rik (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring, Sylt)

  1. rich

Inflection

Inflection of rik (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
  masculine feminine /
neuter 		plural
indefinite definite
positive
predicative / adverbial rik
attributive riken rik rik
independent riken
partitive riks —
comparative
predicative / adverbial riker
attributive rikeren riker riker
independent rikeren
partitive rikers —
superlative
predicative / adverbial am riksten
attributive — rikst rikst
independent riksten
Inflection of rik (Mooring dialect)
  masculine feminine /
neuter 		plural
indefinite definite
positive
predicative / adverbial rik
attributive / independent riken rike rik rike
partitive riks —
comparative
predicative / adverbial riker
attributive / independent rikeren rikere riker rikere
partitive rikers —
superlative
predicative / adverbial am riksten
attributive / independent — rikste rikst rikste
Inflection of rik (Sylt dialect)
  singular plural
indefinite definite
positive
predicative / adverbial rik
attributive
independent riken rik riken
partitive riks —
comparative
predicative / adverbial riker
attributive
independent rikeren riker rikeren
partitive rikers —
superlative
predicative / adverbial am riksten
attributive rikst
independent — rikst riksten

Norwegian Bokmål

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.

Adjective

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

  1. rich (having wealth)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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. Akin to English rich.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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)

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

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

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

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

References

Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

rik

  1. sulfur

Declension

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

rik m

  1. back (of the body)

Alternative forms

Zealandic

Etymology

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

Noun

rik m (plural [please provide])

  1. back (of the body)
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