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”)
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