prímati

See also: primati

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from French primate, from Latin primas (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”). So named due to the belief that primates are the “highest” order of mammals/animals.

Noun

prímati m (genitive singular prímata, nominative plural prímatar)

1. primate

   Synonym: fremdardýr

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	prímati	prímatinn	prímatar	prímatarnir
accusative	prímata	prímatann	prímata	prímatana
dative	prímata	prímatanum	prímötum	prímötunum
genitive	prímata	prímatans	prímata	prímatanna

Declension of prímati (masculine)

Further reading

• “prímati” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)