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72 ETYMOLOGY. FOCLACHADH.
Obs. I. — The pronouns are rendered emphatic by adding the
syllables -se, -e, -sa, -san. The third person \ad is also written
siad; and sè, sì, sìad, are used only in the nominative case.
The third person esan is sometimes contracted es', eis', or esa',
and ìadsan contracted tadsa, ìads.
Obs. 2. — The personal pronouns terminate alike in the nomi-
native and accusative. The plain form of the flrst and the
aspirated form of the second person are used, when governed by
a transitive verb ; as, bhuail è mì or mise, lie strucìc me ; chron-
aich è thu or thùsa, he reproved thee.
Fèin, self, pl. selves ; own. Lat. ipse, met. — Fèin is joined to
every form of the personal pronouns, to give them greater force
and emphasis, and a hyphen placed between it and each person ;
as, mì-fèin, myself ; thu-fèin, ihyself ; è-fèin, himself; ì-fèin,
herself; sìnn-fèin, ourselves ; sìbh-fèin, yourselves ; ìad-fèin,
In very emphatic expressions, the emphatìc form of the pro-
nouns and the simple form compounded with fèin are used ; in
this case the emphatic pronoun is placed flrst ; as, Singular,
mise mì-fèin, Imyself ; thùsa thu-fèin, thou thyself ; esan è-
fèin, he himself; ise ì-fèin, she herself. Plural, sinne sìnn-
fèin, we ourselves ; sìbhse sìbh-fèin, ye yourselves ; ìadsan iad-
fèin, they themselves. — Fèin* is sometimes aspirated after the
pronoun, and in thatstate it is pronounced hàne ; as, mì-fhèin,
thu-fhèin, è-fhèin, ì-fhèin, sìnn fhèin, &c.
2. Reciprocal pronouns are formedby annexing/ezw to the
Personals ; as, bhuail mì mi-fèin, I struck myself, &c.
3. RELATIVE PRONOUNS.
A Eelative Pronoun is
a word which relates to a
noun or pronoun going be-
fore it in a sentence ; as,
3. RIOCHDARAN DAIMHEACH.
Is è Riochdar Dàimheach
focal à bhuineas do dh-ain-
mear, no do riochdar a' dol
roimhe ann an cìallairt;
mar,
Laoch à thuit, a hero who fell. Na fìr à dh'-f halbh, the
men who departed. Fear nàch trèig à chdmpanach, a man
who will notforsahe his comrade.
The word or subject to I Theirear Rdimhean no Co-
which the Belative refers, is | dhàimheach ris an f hocal d'àm
called the Antecedent or Cor- | buin an Dàimheach.
relative.
* Fèin is pronounced fè, kè, hèin, in Perthshire, &c, and ìiìn, htin, in the
North Highlands. Some say sib-pèin, for sibh-fèin.