# perso
## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠Pārsa⁠/, “Persia”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈperso]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -erso
* Hyphenation: per‧so

### Noun

perso (accusative singular person, plural persoj, accusative plural persojn)
* a Persian (member of the Persian ethnic group)

#### Derived terms

* persa (“Persian (adjective)”)
* Persio (“Persia”)

## Finnish
### Etymology

perse +‎ -o, derived from perse (“arse”). Compare dialectal makeaperse (“sweet-toothed person”, literally “sweet ass”), colloquial herkkuperse and e.g. olla makean perään (“to be greedy for sweet”, literally “to be after sweet”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈperso/, [ˈpe̞rs̠o̞]
* Rhymes: -erso
* Hyphenation: per‧so

### Adjective

perso (comparative persompi, superlative persoin)
* greedy [with allative ‘for’] (consumed by selfish desires for something that brings pleasure, e.g. sweet, unhealthy food)
    Nalle Puh on perso hunajalle.Winnie the Pooh is greedy for honey.
    Olen todella perso makealle.I'm a real sweet tooth.

#### Usage notes

* perso is seldom used without specifying a specific object for which someone is greedy ('for'), which is expressed with the allative case.
* perso is mostly used of greed or desire for something which one considers to bring pleasure or be attractive, rather than for e.g. material wealth.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of perso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
personi
personi
accusative
nom.
personi
personi
gen.
personi
genitive
personi
persojeni
partitive
persoani
persojani
inessive
persossani
persoissani
elative
persostani
persoistani
illative
persooni
persoihini
adessive
persollani
persoillani
ablative
persoltani
persoiltani
allative
persolleni
persoilleni
essive
personani
persoinani
translative
persokseni
persoikseni
abessive
persottani
persoittani
instructive
comitative
—persoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
persosi
persosi
accusative
nom.
persosi
persosi
gen.
persosi
genitive
persosi
persojesi
partitive
persoasi
persojasi
inessive
persossasi
persoissasi
elative
persostasi
persoistasi
illative
persoosi
persoihisi
adessive
persollasi
persoillasi
ablative
persoltasi
persoiltasi
allative
persollesi
persoillesi
essive
personasi
persoinasi
translative
persoksesi
persoiksesi
abessive
persottasi
persoittasi
instructive
comitative
—persoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
persomme
persomme
accusative
nom.
persomme
persomme
gen.
persomme
genitive
persomme
persojemme
partitive
persoamme
persojamme
inessive
persossamme
persoissamme
elative
persostamme
persoistamme
illative
persoomme
persoihimme
adessive
persollamme
persoillamme
ablative
persoltamme
persoiltamme
allative
persollemme
persoillemme
essive
personamme
persoinamme
translative
persoksemme
persoiksemme
abessive
persottamme
persoittamme
instructive
comitative
—persoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
personne
personne
accusative
nom.
personne
personne
gen.
personne
genitive
personne
persojenne
partitive
persoanne
persojanne
inessive
persossanne
persoissanne
elative
persostanne
persoistanne
illative
persoonne
persoihinne
adessive
persollanne
persoillanne
ablative
persoltanne
persoiltanne
allative
persollenne
persoillenne
essive
personanne
persoinanne
translative
persoksenne
persoiksenne
abessive
persottanne
persoittanne
instructive
comitative
—persoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
personsa
personsa
accusative
nom.
personsa
personsa
gen.
personsa
genitive
personsa
persojensa
partitive
persoaan persoansa
persojaan persojansa
inessive
persossaan persossansa
persoissaan persoissansa
elative
persostaan persostansa
persoistaan persoistansa
illative
persoonsa
persoihinsa
adessive
persollaan persollansa
persoillaan persoillansa
ablative
persoltaan persoltansa
persoiltaan persoiltansa
allative
persolleen persollensa
persoilleen persoillensa
essive
personaan personansa
persoinaan persoinansa
translative
persokseen persoksensa
persoikseen persoiksensa
abessive
persottaan persottansa
persoittaan persoittansa
instructive
comitative
—persoineen persoinensa :

#### Synonyms

* ahnas
* ahne
* nooli (Central and Northern Ostrobothnia)

#### Derived terms

* persoilla
* persous

### References

* ↑ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “perso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* ropse

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛʁ.so/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Apocope of personnel.

#### Adjective

perso (plural persos)
* (colloquial) personal
* (colloquial) one's own
    T’as une voiture perso? ― Do you have your own car?

### Etymology 2

Apocope of personnellement.

#### Adverb

perso
* (colloquial) personally (in one's own opinion)
    Perso, je suis contre l’avortement. ― Personally, I am against abortion.

### Etymology 3

Apocope of personnage.

#### Noun

perso m (plural persos)
* (video games) character
** 2001, Laurent Trémel, Jeux de rôles, jeux vidéo, multimédia. Les faiseurs de mondes, Presses universitaires de France (publ.), page 158.
    Mon voisin craignait de perdre son “perso” (personnage) – “Huls” – un pisteur qu’il chouchoutait depuis quatre ans.My neighbor feared losing his character - "Huls" - a tracker he had pampered for four years.

### Further reading

* “perso”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* pores, poser, prose, repos

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛr.so/
* Rhymes: -ɛrso
* Hyphenation: pèr‧so

### Participle

perso (feminine persa, masculine plural persi, feminine plural perse)
* past participle of perdere
    Synonym: perduto

### Adjective

perso (feminine persa, masculine plural persi, feminine plural perse)
* lost, wasted

### Anagrams

* porse, preso, prose, respo, spero, sperò, spore