Pirmas

Pirmas is a Lithuanian word meaning "first." It functions as an ordinal numeral and as an adjective used to denote the initial item in a sequence or the earliest occurrence. In grammatical use, pirmas agrees with the gender and number of the noun it modifies, so masculine, feminine, and plural forms appear in proper contexts. The base form is used in dictionaries as the masculine singular; feminine and plural forms are used in corresponding contexts.

Pirmas is commonly used in lists and rankings, for example in sequences such as "pirmas, antras, trečias" to denote first, second, and third positions. It can also modify nouns to indicate priority, as in phrases describing priority or order, such as first priority or the first stage of a process.

In modern Lithuanian, the term is ubiquitous in education, media, and everyday speech, appearing in both formal and informal registers. It may also be used in compound numerals or set phrases, and, like other numerals, interacts with nouns in gender-specific ways. Beyond its grammatical function, the concept of "pirmas" often carries implications of precedence, primacy, or initiation in discourse.

See also: Lithuanian language, ordinal numbers, numerals.