fhèin

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• fèin, fhìn

Pronunciation

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

Usage notes

• Despite fh usually being silent in Scottish Gaelic it is always pronounced /h/ in fhèin, as well as in fhuair and fhathast.

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

• mòr às fhèin

Related terms

• fèin-
• fèineil

Adverb

fhèin

1. Used as an intensifier; indeed, really

   math fhèin ― really good; excellent