New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: herself · itself · damsel · myself · oneself · thyself · damselfly · damselfish · themselves · yourself

himself

pronoun

1 pronoun reflexive pronoun

► (object of verb in Irish)

é féin c m uhe'll hurt himself gortóidh sé é féinhe has to protect himself caithfidh sé é féin a chosaintas 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 féina picture of himself pictiúr de féinan article about himself alt faoi féinthings written by himself rudaí a scríobh sé féinhe wouldn't call himself a poet ní thabharfadh sé file air féinhe got himself a drink fuair sé deoch dó féin 2 pronoun informal emphatic use after 'be'é féin c m ueisean féin c m uit's himself é féin atá annit was himself who said it é féin a dúirt é, eisean a dúirt éit's himself I was looking for é féin a bhí uaim, eisean féin a bhí mé a lorgthe teacher is himself a musician ceoltóir is ea an múinteoir é féin

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3 pronoun personallyé féin c m uhe can tell you himself is féidir leis féin a rá leathe has one himself tá ceann aige féinPaul himself didn't go ní dheachaigh Pól é féinhe himself is sick tá sé féin breoiteit refers to him himself tagraíonn sé dósan féin 4 pronoun informal meaning 'him' or 'he'é féin c m uwhat about himself? céard faoi féin?Bríd and himself were there bhí Bríd agus é féin ann 5 pronoun in generalizations covering either genderé féin c m uevery man for himself gach duine ar a shon féin 6 pronoun man of the housesé féin c m ué féin c m ufear an tí c m uis himself at home? an bhfuil sé féin sa bhaile?, an bhfuil fear an tí sa bhaile?speak to himself labhair leis féin

phrases

all by himself

(also

by himself

) 1 aloneleis féinina aonaras féin c m uhe lives by himself tá sé ina chónaí leis féin, cónaíonn sé ina aonar 2 without helpas féin c m uas a stuaim féindid 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

to himself

) dó féindó féin amháinhe had the room all to himself bhí an seomra aige dó féin

to be himself

1 be in his normal statehe 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 wellhe 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 statehe isn't feeling himself ní airíonn sé istigh leis féin, ní mhothaíonn sé ar a dhóigh féin 2 feel wellhe doesn't feel himself today níl sé ar fónamh inniu, níl sé ag mothú go rómhaith inniu

to keep himself to himself

coinneáil chuige féinhe 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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