Catalan

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Etymology 1

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From Old Occitan, Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (powerful, rich), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (to straighten, direct, make right).

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ric (feminine rica, masculine plural rics, feminine plural riques)

  1. rich (abundant in some way)
    Antonym: pobre
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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ric

  1. first-person singular present indicative of riure

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Friulian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz. Compare Italian ricco.

Adjective

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ric

  1. rich

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Interlingua

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Etymology

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Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (powerful, rich), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (to straighten, direct, make right).

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ric (comparative plus ric, superlative le plus ric)

  1. rich
  2. luxurious

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Lower Sorbian

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Verb

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ric

  1. second-person singular imperative of ricaś

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *rīkī, from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją, from Proto-Celtic *rīgyom (kingdom), derived from *rīxs (king).

Cognate with Old Frisian rīke, Old Saxon rīki, Old Dutch rīki, Old High German rīhhi, Old Norse ríki, Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 (reiki). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin rēx.

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rīc n (Northumbrian)

  1. Alternative form of rīċe

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Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (powerful, rich), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (to straighten, direct, make right).

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ric m (feminine singular rica, masculine plural rics, feminine plural ricas)

  1. rich (abundant in some way)
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Descendants

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  • Catalan: ric
  • Occitan: ric

Old Spanish

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Alternative forms

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ric (masculine plural ricos)

  1. Apocopic form of rico; rich, wealthy
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 12r:
      […] ⁊ fuxo en tierra de madian. Auia ẏ un ric om̃e q́ auẏa nõbre ietro. e raguel ſu mugier auẏa .vij. fijas. E dio la una por mugier a moẏſẽ. Eſta auie nõbre ſephora.
      […] And he fled to the land of Midian, where there lived a rich man whose name was Jethro and Reuel, whose wife had seven daughters. And he gave Moses one of them in marriage, and her name was Zipporah.
    • Idem, f. 82v.
      Alli delãt gazar baptizo ſãt felip al rẏc õe q̃ era de cãdace la reẏna. ⁊ el era de ethiopia e veno a iħrꝉm al tenple orar. […]
      There, before Gaza, Saint Philip baptized the rich man who was of Candace, the queen. He was from Ethiopia and had come to Jerusalem to pray at the temple. […]