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Webster 1913 Edition


Prim

Prim

,
Noun.
[See
Privet
.]
(Bot)
The privet.

Prim

,
Adj.
[OF.
prim
,
prin
, prime, first, principal. sharp, thin, piercing, fr. L.
primus
first. See
Prime
,
Adj.
]
Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice;
as,
prim
regularity; a
prim
person.
Swift.

Prim

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Primmed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Primming
.]
To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.

Prim

,
Verb.
I.
To dress or act smartly.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Prim

PRIM

,
Adj.
Properly, straight; erect; hence, formal; precise; affectedly nice.

PRIM

,
Verb.
T.
To deck with great nicety; to form with affected preciseness.

Definition 2024


prím

prím

See also: prim, Prìm, and prím-

Hungarian

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
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

References

  1. Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Latin prīmus.

Noun

prím f

  1. the first day or quarter of the moon
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Adjective

prím

  1. first
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Latin prīma (hōra).

Noun

prím f

  1. (Christianity) prime, the first canonical hour
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Old 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.

References

  • 1 prím” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 2 prím” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 3 prím” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.