Irish

Noun

pearsa f ‎(genitive singular pearsan, nominative plural pearsana)

1. person
2. (theater, literature) person, character
3. (grammar) person
4. figure, person, personality

Declension

Synonyms

• (character): carachtar
• (figure, person, personality): duine mór le rá, duine mór

Derived terms

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

Mutation

References

• "pearsa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “persa” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• pears
• pearsan

Etymology

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

Noun

pearsa m, f ‎(genitive singular pearsa, plural pearsachan or pearsannan)

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

Derived terms

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “persa” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.