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Old English · suffix

-rice

Normalised -rīċe

Part of speech: suffix, neuter
Declension: strong ja-stem
IPA: /riː.t͡ʃe/
Syllables: riː · t͡ʃe (2 syllables)
Modern English: -ric appended indicate dom guardianship ownership -dom governance

Meaning

suffix appended to nouns to indicate office, ownership, guardianship, governance or dominion, equivalent to English -dom

bisċoprīċe

a bishopric; the diocese of a bishop

Declension

Declension of -rice
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-rīċe	-rīċu
Accusative	-rīċe	-rīċu
Genitive	-rīċes	-rīċa
Dative	-rīċe	-rīċum

All forms (5)

-rīċe
-rīċu
-rīċes
-rīċa
-rīċum

Etymology

From rīċe (“dominion, realm”).

Descendants

-ric

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