pearsa

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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)

  1. person
  2. (theater, literature) person, character
    Synonym: carachtar
  3. (grammar) person
  4. figure, person, personality
    Synonyms: duine mór le rá, duine mór

Declension

Declension of pearsa (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative pearsa pearsana
vocative a phearsa a phearsana
genitive pearsan pearsan
dative pearsa
pearsain (archaic, dialectal) 		pearsana
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an phearsa na pearsana
genitive na pearsan na bpearsan
dative leis an bpearsa
leis an bpearsain (archaic, dialectal)
don phearsa
don phearsain (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na pearsana

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of pearsa
radical lenition eclipsis
pearsa phearsa bpearsa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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)

  1. person
  2. character (in a book, film etc)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of pearsa
radical lenition
pearsa phearsa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “pearsa”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan ‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “persa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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