That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
The initial portion of some extended thing.
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see first, night.
The first night after marriage.
The first public performance of a play or other show, normally assumed to be held in the evening.