fhèin
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- 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 edit
fhèin
Usage notes edit
- 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.
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Adverb edit
fhèin
- Used as an intensifier; indeed, really
- math fhèin ― really good; excellent