prímati

See also: primati

Icelandic

Etymology

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

declension of prímati

m-w1	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

Further reading

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