fhèin

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [heːn]
  • (chiefly Lewis, Skye, South Uist) IPA(key): [hiːn] (first-person, often written fhìn)
  • (chiefly Uist, Barra) IPA(key): [pʰeːn] (second-person plural, e.g. following sibh, sometimes written pèin)

Pronoun

fhèin

  1. self

Usage notes

  • Used after personal pronouns as an emphasizer.
    Bidh agad ri a dhèanamh thu fhèin. - You'll have to do it yourself.
  • The unlenited form fèin is seldom used except in compounds.
  • Instead of fhèin, these suffixes may also be used for emphasis: -sa, -san, -se, -e.

Derived terms

Adverb

fhèin

  1. Used as an intensifier; indeed, really
    math fhèinreally good; excellent
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