féin, féine

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‘self’, ‘own’; after subst. preceded by poss. pron., ann a chló dhíleas féin 10.18; sim. 13.2, 15.6, etc.; after pers. or prep. pron., ann fēinn 4.15, damh féin 5.1, iad fén 8.18, sim. 16.9, 17.18, etc.; after verbal form, do thuileamar féin 30.11-12; after demonstrative preceded by subst., Na haithgheanta ód fén 15.4, san uair sin fén 31.3-4; after demons. pron. mar sin fén “in hoc ipsum” 54.14n

Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.

own, self, very, (aidiacht), same, even, 5163, 5247, 5301, 5323, 5346, 5436, 5780, 6103, fh-, 1130, 3262; a n-aghuidh dhuine féin, against oneself, 3630; ann sin féin, in the same place, 5947.

Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAithridhe. Author: Aodh Mac Aingil. Editor: Cainneach Ó Maonaigh O.F.M.

ní iomchuir ceard f. é, not even a smith ... 2382.

The Book of O'Hara: Leabhar Í Eadhra. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

self; after subst., an cloch f., ‘the stone itself,’ 77; after pron., air f., 10; sinn f., 30; ann f., 203; ionnta f., 335; iad f., 5492;--‘own,’ after subst. defined by poss., a chlann-mhaicne f., ‘his own descendants,’ 9; most commonly after verbal forms, to heighten the included pronoun: amhail do-rónsad f., ‘as they did,’ 154; go bhfuilim f., ‘that I myself am,’ 254, 342, 356, 364, 446; do-rinne f. 7 iad f. ceangal ré chéile, ‘he himself, along with those very people, made a treaty together,’ 5492; an tan do bhí f. 7 an puibleacánach san t., ‘himself and the publican,’ 9017

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.