cétnae phersan
Old Irish
editEtymology
editCalque of Latin prīma persōna, itself a calque of Ancient Greek πρῶτον πρόσωπον (prôton prósōpon).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcétnae phersan f (genitive cétnae persaine)
- (grammar) first person
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 159a2
- Air in tan no·labrither in cétni persin ƚ in tánaisi do·adbit ainm hi suidiu.
- For when you say the first person or the second, you show a noun in this.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 159a2
Declension
edit| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cétn(a)e phersan | — | — |
| Vocative | — | — | |
| Accusative | cétn(a)i pers(a)in | — | — |
| Genitive | cétn(a)e pers(a)ine | — | — |
| Dative | cétn(a)i phers(a)in | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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