primogenitura
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Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin prīmōgenitūra.
Noun
primogenitura f (plural primogeniture)
Related terms
Further reading
- primogenitura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
Formed after prīmōgenitus (“first-born”), rebuilding the second part from gignō (“I bear, beget”) + -tūra.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /priː.moː.ɡe.niˈtuː.ra/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pri.mo.d͡ʒe.niˈtu.ra/,
Noun
prīmōgenitūra f (genitive prīmōgenitūrae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born child of the entirety of, or of a privileged position in, a parent’s wealth, estate, or office)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prīmōgenitūra | prīmōgenitūrae |
| genitive | prīmōgenitūrae | prīmōgenitūrārum |
| dative | prīmōgenitūrae | prīmōgenitūrīs |
| accusative | prīmōgenitūram | prīmōgenitūrās |
| ablative | prīmōgenitūrā | prīmōgenitūrīs |
| vocative | prīmōgenitūra | prīmōgenitūrae |
Synonyms
- (primogeniture): prīmōgenita (Late Latin)
Descendants
- Catalan: primogenitura
- French: primogéniture
- Galician: primoxenitura
- Italian: primogenitura
- Portuguese: primogenitura
- Spanish: primogenitura
References
- primogenitura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “primogenitura”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 849/1
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin prīmōgenitūra.
Pronunciation
Noun
primogenitura f
- (literary) primogeniture (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
- Synonym: pierworództwo
- primogeniture (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
Declension
Declension of primogenitura
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | primogenitura |
| genitive | primogenitury |
| dative | primogeniturze |
| accusative | primogeniturę |
| instrumental | primogeniturą |
| locative | primogeniturze |
| vocative | primogenituro |
Further reading
- primogenitura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- primogenitura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin prīmōgenitūra.
Noun
primogenitura f (uncountable)
Related terms
Further reading
- “primogenitura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10