riches
Money, goods, wealth, treasureMoney, goods, wealth, treasure.
Meaning
3 senses(plural, plural only)Money, goods, wealth, treasure.
Reichtümer
бога́тствоbogátstvo
(figuratively, plural, plural only)An abundance of anything desirable.
You will enjoy the riches of this forest.
an abundance of material possessions and resources
(nonstandard, plural, plural only, rare)Rich people.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English riches, plural of riche (“power, wealth”), from Old English rīċe (“powFrom Middle English riches, plural of riche (“power, wealth”), from Old English rīċe (“power, authority, dominion”). Confused with Middle English richesse (“wealth”), from Old French richesse, from riche (“rich, wealthy”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *rīki (“rich”) from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“rich, powerful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rīhhi (“rich”) (German reich (“rich”)), Old English rīċe (“rich”), Old English racu (“explanation, reasoning”). More at rich.
From rich + -es (plural suffix) by analogy with poors (“poor people”).
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