-sa

-sa
-sa, -se, -san
emphatic pronominal particle attached to personal pronouns and to nouns preceded by the possessive pronouns: mi-se, I myself, thu-sa, sibh-se, i-se (she), e-san, iad-san; mo cheann-sa, a cheann-san, his head. So also modern Irish, save that esan is ésean: Old Irish -sa, -se (1st pers.), su, -so, pl. -si (2nd pers.), -som, -sem (3rd pers. m. and n., sing., and pl.), -si (3rd pers. f.). All are cases of the pronominal root so-, -se; Greek $$Go$$`, the (= $$G so); Anglo-Saxon se, the (m.), English she. See so, sin.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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