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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pearsa phearsa bpearsa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

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
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