féin

== Irish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish féin, from Proto-Celtic *swesin (from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“oneself”)) + *sin (anaphoric pronoun). Cognate to Scottish Gaelic fhèin, Manx hene. ==== Alternative forms ==== féinig, fhéin, héin, péin ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /heːnʲ/, /fʲeːnʲ/ (Aran, also) IPA(key): /pʲeːnʲ/ (corresponds to the form péin) (Ulster, rare) IPA(key): /hiːnʲ/ ==== Pronoun ==== féin self mé féin ― myself (both emphatic and reflexive) sinn féin ― ourselves; we ourselves own ===== Derived terms ===== féin- Sinn Féin ==== Adverb ==== féin even, only má tá féin ― even if it is ==== Further reading ==== “féin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “féin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 308 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “féin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /fʲeːnʲ/ ==== Noun ==== féin inflection of féan: vocative/genitive singular nominative/dative plural === Mutation === === References === == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *swe sim, from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“oneself”)) + *sim (anaphoric pronoun). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɸʲeːnʲ/ === Pronoun === féin self c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 17b12 (adjectival) one's own ==== Usage notes ==== The difference between the féin/céin set and the fadéin/cadéin set appears to be that the latter are contrastively reflexive (‘oneself as opposed to someone else’) while the former do not suggest any contrast. The difference between the f- forms and the c- forms may be that the latter have a connotation of ‘even/also oneself’ that the former do not have. ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: féin Irish: féin Manx: hene Scottish Gaelic: fhèin === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fadéin, féin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 485, pages 306–7; reprinted 2017 Pedersen, Holger (1913), Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 153 == Old Norse == === Noun === féin definite nominative/accusative plural of fé