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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish persa, from Old Irish persan, from Latin persōna.
Pronunciation
Noun
pearsa f (genitive singular pearsan, nominative plural pearsana)
- person
- (theater, literature) person, character
- Synonym: carachtar
- (grammar) person
- figure, person, personality
- Synonyms: duine mór le rá, duine mór
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| pearsa
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phearsa
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bpearsa
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pearsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “persa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish persa, from Old Irish persan, from Latin persōna.
Noun
pearsa m or f (genitive singular pearsa, plural pearsachan or pearsannan)
- person
- character (in a book, film etc)
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| pearsa |
phearsa
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “pearsa”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “persa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language