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ourselves

1 pronoun reflexive pronoun
► (object of verb in Irish)
muid féin  c m usinn féin  c m uwe'll hurt ourselves gortóimid muid féinwe have to protect ourselves caithfimid muid féin a chosaintas we dressed ourselves nuair a bhíomar dár ngléasadh féin
► (object of preposition in Irish)
we wouldn't call ourselves poets ní thabharfaimis filí orainn féinwe got ourselves a drink fuaireamar deoch dúinn féinwe talk to ourselves bímid ag caint linn féinan article about ourselves alt fúinn féina picture of ourselves pictiúr dínn féinthings written by ourselves rudaí a scríobhamar féin
2 pronoun informal emphatic use after 'be'muid féin  c m usinn féin  c m umuidne féin  c m usinne féin  c m uit's ourselves muid féin atá ann, sinn féin atá annit was ourselves who said it muid féin a dúirt é, sinne féin a dúirt éit's ourselves he was looking for muid féin a bhí uaidh, muidne féin a bhí sé a lorgwe're musicians ourselves is ceoltóirí muid féin
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3 pronoun personallymuid féin  c m usinn féin  c m uwe told him ourselves dúramar féin leiswe have one ourselves tá ceann againn féinwe ourselves didn't go ní dheachamar féinwe ourselves were sick bhíomar féin breoiteit refers to us ourselves tagraíonn sé dúinn féin 4 pronoun informal meaning 'us' or 'we'muid féin  c m usinn féin  c m uwhat about ourselves? céard fúinn féin?Paul and ourselves were there bhí Pól agus muid féin ann
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all by ourselves

(also

by ourselves

) 1 alonelinn féininár n-aonarasainn féinwe live by ourselves táimid inár gcónaí linn féin, cónaímid inár n-aonar 2 without helpasainn féinas ár stuaim féinwe did it all by ourselves rinneamar asainn féin é, rinneamar as ár stuaim féin é

all to ourselves

(also

to ourselves

) dúinn féindúinn féin amháinwe had the house all to ourselves bhí an teach againn dúinn féin

to be ourselves

1 be in our normal statewe weren't ourselves ní rabhamar istigh linn féin, ní rabhamar ar ár nós féin, ní rabhamar ar ár ndóigh féin 2 feel wellwe weren't ourselves afterwards ní rabhamar ar fónamh ina dhiaidh, ní rabhamar ag mothú go rómhaith ina dhiaidh

to feel ourselves

1 feel in our usual statewe weren't feeling ourselves níor airíomar istigh linn féin, níor mhothaíomar ar ár ndóigh féin 2 feel wellwe don't feel ourselves today nílimid ar fónamh inniu, nílimid ag mothú go rómhaith inniu

to keep ourselves to ourselves

coinneáil chugainn féinwe kept ourselves to ourselves níor bhacamar le daoine eile, níor chuireamar isteach ná amach ar aon duine, sheachnaíomar cuideachta

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