Primus

See also: primus and prímus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹaɪməs/

Etymology 1

From Latin Prīmus, from prīmus (“first”).

Proper noun

Primus

1. (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)

1. 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

• purism

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈprimus/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈprimus/

Proper noun

Primus m pers

1. 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

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
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