primogenitura
Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin prīmōgenitūra.
Related terms
Further reading
- primogenitura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
Formed after prīmōgenitus (“first-born”), rebuilding the second part from gignō (“I bear, beget”) + -tūra.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /priː.moː.ɡe.niˈtuː.ra/, [priːmoːɡɛnɪˈt̪uːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pri.mo.d͡ʒe.niˈtu.ra/, [primod͡ʒeniˈt̪uːrä]
Noun
prīmōgenitūra f (genitive prīmōgenitūrae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born child of the entirety of, or of a privileged position in, a parent’s wealth, estate, or office)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Synonyms
- (primogeniture): prīmōgenita (Late Latin)
Descendants
- Catalan: primogenitura
- French: primogéniture
- Galician: primoxenitura
- Italian: primogenitura
- Portuguese: primogenitura
- Spanish: primogenitura
References
- primogenitura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “primogenitura”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 849/1
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin prīmōgenitūra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pri.mɔ.ɡɛ.ɲiˈtu.ra/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ura
- Syllabification: pri‧mo‧ge‧ni‧tu‧ra
Noun
primogenitura f
- (literary) primogeniture (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents)
- Synonym: pierworództwo
- primogeniture (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child)
Declension
Declension of primogenitura
singular | |
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nominative | primogenitura |
genitive | primogenitury |
dative | primogeniturze |
accusative | primogeniturę |
instrumental | primogeniturą |
locative | primogeniturze |
vocative | primogenituro |
Further reading
- primogenitura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- primogenitura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin prīmōgenitūra.
Related terms
Further reading
- “primogenitura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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