fhèin
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Despite fh usually being silent in Scottish Gaelic it is always pronounced /h/ in fhèin, as well as in fhuair and fhathast.
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.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]fhèin
- Used as an intensifier; indeed, really
- math fhèin ― really good; excellent