preeu-

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish prím- (compare Irish príomh-, Scottish Gaelic prìomh-), from prím (“first, primary”), from Latin prīmus.

Prefix

preeu-

1. prime

Derived terms

• preeu-valley (“capital city”)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
preeu-	phreeu-	breeu-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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