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pearsanta
pearsanta
Irish
Adjective
pearsanta
- (grammar, etc.) personal
- personable
Synonyms
- (personable): pearsantach
Derived terms
Terms derived from pearsanta
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| 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
- "pearsanta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “persanda(e)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish persanda, persandae, from persan (“person”) (Middle Irish persa, modern pearsa), from Latin persona.
Adjective
pearsanta
Derived terms
- coimpiutair pearsanta (“personal computer”)
Related terms
- pearsa (“person, character”)
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
- “persanda(e)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.