pearsanta

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish persanda, persandae, from persan (“person”) (Middle Irish persa, modern pearsa), from Latin persona.

Adjective

pearsanta

1. (grammar, etc.) personal
2. personable

   Synonym: pearsantach

Derived terms

• pearsantachas m (“personalism”)
• pearsantacht f (“personality”)
• pearsantaigh (“personify”, verb)
• pearsantaí m (“personalist”)
• pearsantas m (“personal estate, personalty”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pearsanta	phearsanta	bpearsanta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pearsanta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “persanda(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish persanda, persandae, from persan (“person”) (Middle Irish persa, modern Scottish Gaelic pearsa), from Latin persona.

Adjective

pearsanta

1. personal

Derived terms

• coimpiutair pearsanta (“personal computer”)

Related terms

• pearsa (“person, character”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
pearsanta	phearsanta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “pearsanta”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “persanda(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language