Old Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

fadesin

  1. Synonym of féin (self; one's own)
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 95a5
      Is ed as·bertis b⟨a⟩ a nert fadesin imme·folnged choscur doib, níbu Día.
      That is, they used to say that it was their own strength that produced victory for them, not God

Usage notes edit

The difference between the féin/céin set and the fadéin/cadéin set appears to be that the latter are contrastively reflexive (‘oneself as opposed to someone else’) while the former do not suggest any contrast. The difference between the f- forms and the c- forms may be that the latter have a connotation of ‘even/also oneself’ that the former do not have.[1]

Inflection edit

féin fadéin céin cadéin
1 sg. féin fadéin céin cadéin
2 sg. féin fadéin
3 sg. m./n. fes(s)in, feis(s)in
féin
fades(s)in, fadeis(s)in
fadéne
ces(s)in, ceis(s)in cades(s)in, cadeis(s)in
3 sg. f. fes(s)in, feis(s)in, fissin
fes(s)ine, feisine, feis(s)ne
fadisin
fade(is)sne
1 pl. fes(s)ine fanis(s)in canisin
2 pl. fes(s)in, feis(s)in
feis(s)ne
fanis(s)in
3 pl. fes(s)in, feis(s)in
fes(s)ine, feisine, feis(s)ne
fades(s)in, fadeis(s)in, fedesin
fades(s)ine, fadeisine, fadeis(s)ne
ceisne cades(s)in, cadeis(s)in
cades(s)ine, cadeisine, cadesne

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fadesin ḟadesin fadesin
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Peter Schrijver (1997) Studies in the History of Celtic Pronouns and Particles (Maynooth Studies in Celtic Linguistics; II), Maynooth: The Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, →ISBN, §§ III.2, III.4, pages 72, 78–83

Further reading edit