pearsa

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f., (1) a person, 6701 ; gs. -an, 2659 ; ds. -ain, 2596, -97, 6287. a ttaobh mo fpearsan féin, ' quanto a lo de mi persona,’ 1084. dá phearsuin féin, to him in person, 6317. a bpearsuin duine bhíos . . . , (speaking) as one who, etc., 6321.  (2) a Person of the Trinity, 6152, -80, 6222 (as.), -31, -33, etc. (3) pearsa eaglaisi, an ecclesiastic (cf. Eng. ' parson ’) ; ds. -uin, -oin, 3720, -35, 3860 ; dpl. -onaibh, 3567. (Besides the regular n in the oblique cases, there are instances of nn, viz. ds. pearsuinn, 6215, -16; npl. pearsanna, 6051, 6224 ; gpl. pearsann, 6094 ; dpl. pearsannuibh, 6804.)

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.