ric

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

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈrik/
• Rhymes: -ik

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

1. rich (abundant in some way)

• pobre

• enriquir
• ricament
• riquesa

ric

1. first-person singular present indicative form of riure

• “ric” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

ric

1. rich

• siôr

• puar

• ricjece

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

ric (comparative plus ric, superlative le plus ric)

1. rich
2. luxurious

• povre

• ricamente
• richessa
• inrichir

• IPA^(key): [ˈrʲit͡s]

ric

1. second-person singular imperative of ricaś

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.

• IPA^(key): /riːk/

rīc n (Northumbrian)

1. Alternative form of rīċe

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

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

1. rich (abundant in some way)

• ricor (noun)

• Occitan: ric

• rich, ryc (alternative spellings)

• IPA^(key): /ˈrik/

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 oḿe q́ auẏa nóbre ietro. e raguel ſu mugier auẏa. vij. fijas. E dio la una por mugier a moẏſé. Eſta auie nóbre 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 delát gazar baptizo ſát felip al rẏc óe q́ era de cádace la reẏna. ¬ el era de ethiopia e veno a ih́rĺm 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. […]