ראשוני

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ר־א־שׁ (r-ʾ-š)

From ראשון (rishón) +‎ ־י (-í).

Adjective

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

  1. Initial, primary, first, starting.
    דיווח ראשוני ― divúakh rishoní ― an initial report
    הון ראשוני ― hón rishoní ― seed capital
    יער ראשוני ― yá'ar rishoní ― primary forest
    יצרן ראשוני ― yatsrán rishoní ― a primary producer
    מקור ראשוני ― makór rishoní ― a primary source
    רושם ראשוני ― róshem rishoní ― a first impression
    מבנה ראשוני ― mivné rishoní ― primary structure (e.g. of a protein)
    השוק הראשוני ― hashúk harishoní ― the 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

References

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

Further reading

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