Primas

See also: primas, primaš, and primás

Czech

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɪmas]

Proper noun

Primas m anim (female equivalent Primasová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Primas (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Primas	Primasové
genitive	Primasa	Primasů
dative	Primasovi	Primasům
accusative	Primasa	Primasy
vocative	Primase	Primasové
locative	Primasovi	Primasech
instrumental	Primasem	Primasy

Further reading

• “Primas”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʁiːmas/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Pri‧mas

Etymology 1

From Late Latin prīmās (“chief bishop”), substantive use of prīmās, variant form of Latin prīmus (“prime, first rank”).

Noun

Primas m (strong, genitive Primas, plural Primasse or (rare) Primaten)

1. (ecclesiastical, title) primacy
2. (ecclesiastical, position) primate

Declension

Declension of Primas [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Primas	die	Primasse, Primaten1
genitive	eines	des	Primas	der	Primasse, Primaten1
dative	einem	dem	Primas	den	Primassen, Primaten1
accusative	einen	den	Primas	die	Primasse, Primaten1

¹Rare.

Synonyms

• (primacy): Primat
• (primate): Primat

Derived terms

• Fürstprimas

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hungarian prímás, also from Late Latin prīmās (“chief”).

Noun

Primas m (strong, genitive Primas, plural Primasse)

1. (music) the head fiddler of a Sinti music group

Declension

Declension of Primas [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Primas	die	Primasse
genitive	eines	des	Primas	der	Primasse
dative	einem	dem	Primas	den	Primassen
accusative	einen	den	Primas	die	Primasse

References

• “Primas” in Duden online