pearsa

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish persa, from Old Irish persan, from Latin persōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲaɾˠsˠə/

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 case singular plural nominative pearsa pearsana vocative a phearsa a phearsana genitive pearsan pearsan dative pearsa pearsain (archaic, dialectal) pearsana forms with the definite article case 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

• cultas pearsan
• pearsachán m (“person of little account”)
• pearsanaigh (“personate, impersonate”, verb)
• pearsanra m (“personnel”)

 

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pearsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “persa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• pears, pearsan

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

• a' chiad phearsa (“the first person”)
• an dara pearsa (“the second person”)
• an treas pearsa (“the third person”)
• pearsanta (“personal”, adjective)
• pearsantachd (“personality”)

 

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 [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), “persa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language