From French primate, from Latin primas (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”). So named due to the belief that primates are the “highest” order of mammals/animals.
prímati m (genitive singular prímata, nominative plural prímatar)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | prímati | prímatinn | prímatar | prímatarnir |
accusative | prímata | prímatann | prímata | prímatana |
dative | prímata | prímatanum | prímötum | prímötunum |
genitive | prímata | prímatans | prímata | prímatanna |