Wt/sco/féin

See also: Wt/sco/fein, Wt/sco/fèin, Wt/sco/feîn, Wt/sco/féin-, and Wt/sco/fèin-

Erse

Etymology 1

Frae Old Irish fein, from Proto-Indo-European *swey-no-, suffixed form o ruit *swé, pronoon o the third person an reflexive (referrin back tae the subject o a sentence), an aa uised in forms denotin the speaker’s social group, “(we oor-)sels”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heːnʲ/, /fʲeːnʲ/

Adjective

féin

1. sel

   mé féin ― myself

   (baith emphatic an reflexive)

   sinn féin ― oorsels; we oorsels

2. awn

   mo theach féin ― my awn hoose

Derived terms

• féin-
• Sinn Féin

See also

• -na
• -ne
• -sa

• -san
• -se
• -sean

Adverb

féin

1. even, anerly

   má tá féin ― even if it is

Etymology 2

Noon

féin

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

Mutation

Erse mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
féin	fhéin	bhféin
Note: Some o thir forms mey be hypothetical. Nae ivery possible mutatit form o ivery wird actually occurs.