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himself

pronounforainm
1. reflexive pronoun
2. emphatic use after 'be'
3. personally
4. meaning 'him' or 'he'
5. in generalizations covering either gender
6. man of the house
PhrasesNathanna
 pronounforainm 1 reflexive pronoun► (object of verb in Irish) é féin cmu he'll hurt himself gortóidh sé é féin he has to protect himself caithfidh sé é féin a chosaint as he was dressing himself nuair a bhí sé á ghléasadh féin► (object of preposition in Irish) he was talking to himself bhí sé ag caint leis féin a picture of himself pictiúr de féin an article about himself alt faoi féin things written by himself rudaí a scríobh sé féin he wouldn't call himself a poet ní thabharfadh sé file air féin he got himself a drink fuair sé deoch dó féin 2 informalneamhfhoirmeálta emphatic use after 'be'é féin cmueisean féin cmu it's himself é féin atá ann it was himself who said it é féin a dúirt é, eisean a dúirt é it's himself I was looking for é féin a bhí uaim, eisean féin a bhí mé a lorg the teacher is himself a musician ceoltóir is ea an múinteoir é féin 3 personallyé féin cmu he can tell you himself is féidir leis féin a rá leat he has one himself tá ceann aige féin Paul himself didn't go ní dheachaigh Pól é féin he himself is sick tá sé féin breoite it refers to him himself tagraíonn sé dósan féin 4 informalneamhfhoirmeálta meaning 'him' or 'he'é féin cmu what about himself? céard faoi féin? Bríd and himself were there bhí Bríd agus é féin ann 5 in generalizations covering either genderé féin cmu every man for himself gach duine ar a shon féin 6 man of the housesé féin cmué féin cmufear an tí cmu is himself at home? an bhfuil sé féin sa bhaile?, an bhfuil fear an tí sa bhaile? speak to himself labhair leis féin PhrasesNathanna all by himself (also nó by himself) 1 aloneleis féinina aonaras féin cmu he lives by himself tá sé ina chónaí leis féin, cónaíonn sé ina aonar 2 without helpas féin cmuas a stuaim féin did he do it all by himself? an ndearna sé as féin ar fad é?, an ndearna sé as a stuaim féin ar fad é? all to himself (also nó to himself) dó féindó féin amháin he had the room all to himself bhí an seomra aige dó féin to be himself 1 be in his normal state he wasn't himself ní raibh sé istigh leis féin, ní raibh sé ar a nós féin, ní raibh sé ar a dhóigh féin 2 feel well he wasn't himself afterwards ní raibh sé ar fónamh ina dhiaidh, ní raibh sé ag mothú go rómhaith ina dhiaidh to feel himself 1 feel in his normal state he isn't feeling himself ní airíonn sé istigh leis féin, ní mhothaíonn sé ar a dhóigh féin 2 feel well he doesn't feel himself today níl sé ar fónamh inniu, níl sé ag mothú go rómhaith inniu to keep himself to himself coinneáil chuige féin he keeps himself to himself ní bhacann sé le daoine eile, ní chuireann sé isteach ná amach ar aon duine, seachnaíonn sé cuideachta to seem himself he doesn't seem himself ní cheapfá go bhfuil sé istigh leis féin, níl cuma air go bhfuil sé ar a dhóigh féin
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