Define:Féin
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Etymology 1 eedit
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
- /heːnʲ/
Adjective eedit
Féin
- sel
- mé féin ― myself(baith emphatic an reflexive)
- sinn féin ― oorsels; we oorsels
- awn
- mo theach féin ― my awn hoose
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Féin
Etymology 2 eedit
Noon eedit
Féin
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Mutation eedit
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. |