prím

See also: prim, Prìm, and prím-

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Prim, Prime, from Latin primus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpriːm]
• Hyphenation: prím

Noun

prím (plural prímek)

1. (music) prime (the first note or tone of a musical scale)
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):

• prímfaktorizáció
• prímszám

(Expressions):

• relatív prím

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Middle Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin prīmus.

Noun

prím f

1. the first day or quarter of the moon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin prīma (hōra).

Noun

prím f

1. (Christianity) prime, the first canonical hour

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
prím	phrím	prím pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 prím ‘first day or quarter of moon’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 prím ‘first canonical hour’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prīmus.

Adjective

prím

1. first

Derived terms

• prím-
• prímamail
• prímda

 

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: prìomh

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
prím	phrím or unchanged	prím pronounced with /b(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 prím ‘first’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language