"-rich" meaning in German

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Suffix

IPA: /-ʁɪç/ Audio: De--rich.ogg [Germany, Berlin] Forms: -richs [genitive], -riches [genitive], -riche [plural]
Etymology: Extracted from names such as Friedrich (“Frederick”) and Heinrich (“Henry”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king, ruler”), which is cognate with Latin rēx and Sanskrit रा॒ज्य (rājyá, whence raj). For male animals, its earliest occurrence is in Enterich (“drake”), which is a folk-etymological alteration of Middle High German antreche, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“drake”, literally “king duck”, i.e. *anad + *rekō – a form of *rīks), equivalent to Ente (“duck”) + -rich and cognate with English drake (which is *anadrekō without the *ana-). From there, by analogy, it was used in Gänserich (“gander”), and subsequently in other forms (see derived terms below). Etymology templates: {{der|de|gem-pro|*rīks||king, ruler}} Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king, ruler”), {{cog|la|rēx}} Latin rēx, {{cog|sa|रा॒ज्य|ng=whence <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">raj</i>}} Sanskrit रा॒ज्य (rājyá, whence raj), {{lg|folk etymology|folk-etymological}} folk-etymological, {{ncog|gmh|antreche}} Middle High German antreche, {{yesno|1|l|L}} l, {{m-g|king duck}} “king duck”, {{lit|king duck||nocap=1|nocomma=1}} literally “king duck”, {{lulit|king duck}} literally “king duck”, {{ncog|gmw-pro|*anadrekō||drake|ng=literally “king duck”, i.e. <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro">*anad</i> + <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro">*rekō</i> – a form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro">*rīks</i>}} Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“drake”, literally “king duck”, i.e. *anad + *rekō – a form of *rīks), {{m+|en|drake|ng=which is <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro">*anadrekō</i> without the *ana-}} English drake (which is *anadrekō without the *ana-) Head templates: {{head|de|suffix|genitive|-richs|or|-riches|plural|-riche|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|g=m}} -rich m (genitive -richs or -riches, plural -riche)
  1. suffix to derive masculine nouns, especially for male animals Tags: masculine, morpheme
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "rēx"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin rēx",
      "name": "cog"
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        "3": "L"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin rēx",
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    },
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        "1": "sa",
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      },
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        "1": "king duck",
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      "args": {
        "1": "king duck"
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "m+"
    }
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    {
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-riches",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
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    }
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        "Pages with entries"
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}

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