Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
ר־א־שׁ (r-ʾ-sh)

From ראשון (rishón) +‎ ־י ().

Adjective

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רִאשׁוֹנִי (rishoní) (feminine רִאשׁוֹנִית, masculine plural רִאשׁוֹנִים or רִאשׁוֹנִיִּים, feminine plural רִאשׁוֹנִיּוֹת)

  1. Initial, primary, first, starting.
    דיווח ראשוניdivúakh rishonían initial report
    הון ראשוניhón rishoníseed capital
    יער ראשוניyá'ar rishoníprimary forest
    יצרן ראשוניyatsrán rishonía primary producer
    מקור ראשוניmakór rishonía primary source
    רושם ראשוניróshem rishonía first impression
    מבנה ראשוניmivné rishoníprimary structure (e.g. of a protein)
    השוק הראשוניhashúk harishoníthe primary market
  2. (mathematics, of a natural number) Prime: having no divisors besides itself and one.
  3. (mathematics, of a ring) Prime: such that the product of two nonzero elements is nonzero.

Derived terms

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References

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  • ראשוני” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

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