ric

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrik]
• Rhymes: -ik

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

1. rich (abundant in some way)

   Antonym: pobre

• enriquir
• ricament
• riquesa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ric

1. first-person singular present indicative of riure

• “ric”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

Ja-stem (neuter):

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)

• Catalan: ric
• 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 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. […]