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

Synonyms

  • (personable): pearsantach

Derived terms

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


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Adjective

pearsanta

  1. personal

Derived 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
  • persanda(e)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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