Primus
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɹaɪməs/
Etymology 1
From Latin Prīmus, from prīmus (“first”).
Proper noun
Primus
- (dated) A male given name.
Usage notes
- African-American slaves frequently had given names taken from classical Latin.
Etymology 2
From the trademark.
Noun
Primus (plural Primuses)
- A Primus stove.
- 1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 53:
- Varya walked past slowly, idly peeping into each of them. There was a vendor of Turkish delight and halvah. A haberdasher's stall. A cobbler. A whitesmith. A repairer of Primuses and oil stoves.
Anagrams
Old Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Primus m pers
- a male given name
Declension
Declension of Primus (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Primus | Primusy | Primusi, Primusové |
| genitive | Primusa | Primusú | Primusóv |
| dative | Primusu, Primusovi | Primusoma | Primusóm |
| accusative | Primusa | Primusy | Primusy |
| vocative | Primuse | Primusy | Primusi, Primusové |
| locative | Primusu, Primusovi | Primusú | Primusiech |
| instrumental | Primusem | Primusoma | Primusy |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Primus”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění