féin

See also: fein, fèin, feîn, féin-, and fèin-

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fein, from Proto-Indo-European *swey-no-, suffixed form of root *swé, pronoun of the third person and reflexive (referring back to the subject of a sentence), also used in forms denoting the speaker’s social group, “(we our-)selves”.

Alternative forms

• fhéin, péin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heːnʲ/, /fʲeːnʲ/

Adjective

féin

1. self

   mé féin ― myself

   (both emphatic and reflexive)

   sinn féin ― ourselves; we ourselves

2. own

   mo theach féin ― my own house

Derived terms

• féin-
• Sinn Féin

See also

• -na
• -ne
• -sa

• -san
• -se
• -sean

Adverb

féin

1. even, only

   má tá féin ― even if it is

Etymology 2

Noun

féin

1. inflection of féan:
   1. vocative and genitive singular
   2. nominative and dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
féin	fhéin	bhféin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.