Define:Féin
Appearance
Erse
[eedit soorce]Etymology 1
[eedit soorce]Frae Old Irish fein, from Proto-Indo-European *swey-no-, suffixed form o ruit *swé, pronoon o the third person an reflexive (referrin back tae the subject o a sentence), an aa uised in forms denotin the speaker’s social group, “(we oor-)sels”.
Pronunciation
[eedit soorce]- /heːnʲ/
Adjective
[eedit soorce]Féin
- sel
- mé féin ― myself(baith emphatic an reflexive)
- sinn féin ― oorsels; we oorsels
- awn
- mo theach féin ― my awn hoose
Derived terms
[eedit soorce]See also
[eedit soorce]Adverb
[eedit soorce]Féin
Etymology 2
[eedit soorce]Noon
[eedit soorce]Féin
Mutation
[eedit soorce]Erse mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
féin | fhéin | bhféin |
Note: Some o thir forms mey be hypothetical. Nae ivery possible mutatit form o ivery wird actually occurs. |