prím

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See also: prim, Prìm, and prím-

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Prim, Prime, from Latin primus.[1] Doublet of príma.

Pronunciation

Noun

prím (plural prímek)

  1. (music) prime (the first note or tone of a musical scale)
    Coordinate terms: szekund, terc, kvart, kvint, szext, szeptim, oktáv
  2. (music) first violin, primary violin (the lead or primary violin role in an orchestra)
  3. (fencing) prime (the first defensive position)
  4. (mathematics) prime (a prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative prím prímek
accusative prímet prímeket
dative prímnek prímeknek
instrumental prímmel prímekkel
causal-final prímért prímekért
translative prímmé prímekké
terminative prímig prímekig
essive-formal prímként prímekként
essive-modal
inessive prímben prímekben
superessive prímen prímeken
adessive prímnél prímeknél
illative prímbe prímekbe
sublative prímre prímekre
allative prímhez prímekhez
elative prímből prímekből
delative prímről prímekről
ablative prímtől prímektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
prímé prímeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
príméi prímekéi
Possessive forms of prím
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. prímem prímjeim
2nd person sing. prímed prímjeid
3rd person sing. prímje prímjei
1st person plural prímünk prímjeink
2nd person plural prímetek prímjeitek
3rd person plural prímjük prímjeik

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • prím in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish prím.

Pronunciation

Adjective

prím

  1. first

Derived terms

  • Middle Irish: *prímamail
    • Irish: príomhúil
    • Scottish Gaelic: prìomhail

Descendants

Noun

prím f

  1. the first day or quarter of the moon
  2. (Christianity) prime, the first canonical hour

Mutation

Mutation of prím
radical lenition nasalization
prím phrím prím
pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prīmus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

prím

  1. first

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative prím prím prím
Vocative prím
Accusative prím prím
Genitive prím príme prím
Dative prím prím prím
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative prím príma
Vocative prímu
príma
Accusative prímu
príma
Genitive prím
Dative prímaib
Notes † not when substantivized

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of prím
radical lenition nasalization
prím phrím
or unchanged
prím
pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading