pers
From an older variant ofDutchpaars, fromMiddle Dutchpaers,peers,pers(“purple”), fromMiddle Frenchpers(“blue-grey,darkviolet”), fromMedieval Latinpersus,persum(“darkblue”). Possibly derived from eitherLatinPersae(“Persians”),Persia(“Persia”), referring to the colour of a garment, or fromLate Latinpersica(“peach”), referring to the colour of peachblossom.[1]
pers (attributivepers,comparativeperser,superlativeperste)
| predicative | attributive | independent | partitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||
| positive | pers | perse | perses | pers | |
| comparative | perser | persere | perseres | persers | |
| superlative | perste | perstes | — | ||
FromDutchpersen, fromMiddle Dutchpersen.
pers (presentpers,present participlepersende,past participlegepers)
FromDutchpers, fromMiddle Dutchperse.
pers (pluralperse,diminutivepersie)
FromMiddle Dutchperse, borrowed fromFrenchpresse, ultimately fromLatinpressō.
pers f (pluralpersen,diminutivepersje n)
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Shortenings from phrases or perhaps compounds withPers(“Persian”).
pers m (pluralperzen,diminutivepersje n)
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
pers
Borrowed fromLate Latinpersus(“Persian”).
pers (feminineperse,masculine pluralpers,feminine pluralperses)
pèrs (pluralpers-pers)
FromProto-Finnic*persek. Cognates includeFinnishperse andEstonianperse.
pers
| Declension ofpers (type 6/lähe, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pers | perseet |
| genitive | perseen | persein |
| partitive | persettä | perseitä |
| illative | perseesse | perseisse |
| inessive | persees | perseis |
| elative | perseest | perseist |
| allative | perseelle | perseille |
| adessive | perseel | perseil |
| ablative | perseelt | perseilt |
| translative | perseeks | perseiks |
| essive | perseennä,perseen | perseinnä,persein |
| exessive1) | perseent | perseint |
| 1) obsolete *) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl) **) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix-ka? or-kä? to thegenitive. | ||
pers m
FromOld Frenchpers, fromMedieval Latinpersus.
pers (uncountable)
pers
| whit | grey,hor | blak |
| red;cremesyn,gernet | citrine,aumbre;broun,tawne | yelow,dorry,gul;canevas |
| grasgrene | grene | |
| plunket;ewage | asure,livid | blewe,blo,pers |
| violet;inde | rose,murrey;purpel,purpur | claret |
Clipping ofkot perski orperskidywan.
pers m animal
pers c
Sometimes also a shortening ofperson (in the singular): "per pers" = "per person," for example.
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | - | - |
| definite | - | - | |
| plural | indefinite | pers | pers |
| definite | persen | persens |
pers n
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | pers | pers |
| definite | perset | persets | |
| plural | indefinite | pers | pers |
| definite | persen | persens |
pers c
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | pers | pers |
| definite | persen | persens | |
| plural | indefinite | perser | persers |
| definite | perserna | persernas |
