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

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Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	ríkur	rík	ríkt
Accusative (hvønnfall)	ríkan	ríka
Dative (hvørjumfall)	ríkum	ríkari	ríkum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(ríks)	(ríkar)	(ríks)
Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	ríkir	ríkar	rík
Accusative (hvønnfall)	ríkar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	ríkum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(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.

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ríkur	rík	ríkt
accusative	ríkan	ríka	ríkt
dative	ríkum	ríkri	ríku
genitive	ríks	ríkrar	ríks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ríkir	ríkar	rík
accusative	ríka	ríkar	rík
dative	ríkum	ríkum	ríkum
genitive	ríkra	ríkra	ríkra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ríki	ríka	ríka
accusative	ríka	ríku	ríka
dative	ríka	ríku	ríka
genitive	ríka	ríku	ríka
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ríku	ríku	ríku
accusative	ríku	ríku	ríku
dative	ríku	ríku	ríku
genitive	ríku	ríku	ríku

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ríkari	ríkari	ríkara
accusative	ríkari	ríkari	ríkara
dative	ríkari	ríkari	ríkara
genitive	ríkari	ríkari	ríkara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ríkari	ríkari	ríkari
accusative	ríkari	ríkari	ríkari
dative	ríkari	ríkari	ríkari
genitive	ríkari	ríkari	ríkari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ríkastur	ríkust	ríkast
accusative	ríkastan	ríkasta	ríkast
dative	ríkustum	ríkastri	ríkustu
genitive	ríkasts	ríkastrar	ríkasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ríkastir	ríkastar	ríkust
accusative	ríkasta	ríkastar	ríkust
dative	ríkustum	ríkustum	ríkustum
genitive	ríkastra	ríkastra	ríkastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ríkasti	ríkasta	ríkasta
accusative	ríkasta	ríkustu	ríkasta
dative	ríkasta	ríkustu	ríkasta
genitive	ríkasta	ríkustu	ríkasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ríkustu	ríkustu	ríkustu
accusative	ríkustu	ríkustu	ríkustu
dative	ríkustu	ríkustu	ríkustu
genitive	ríkustu	ríkustu	ríkustu

Derived terms

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