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themselves

pronoun
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pronoun
1 pronoun reflexive pronoun
► (object of verb in Irish)
iad féin  c m uthey'll hurt themselves gortóidh siad iad féinthe rockets guide themselves treoraíonn na roicéid iad féinthey have to protect themselves caithfidh siad iad féin a chosaintas they dressed themselves nuair a bhí siad á ngléasadh féinthe young start to feed themselves tosaíonn na cinn óga á gcothú féin
► (object of preposition in Irish)
they wouldn't call themselves poets ní thabharfaidís filí orthu féinthey got themselves a drink fuair siad deoch dóibh féinthey talk to themselves bíonn siad ag caint leo féinthe buildings fall down on themselves titeann na foirgnimh anuas orthu féinan article about themselves alt fúthu féina picture of themselves pictiúr díobh féinthings written by themselves rudaí a scríobh siad féin
2 pronoun informal emphatic use after 'be'iad féin  c m uiadsan féin  c m uit's themselves iad féin atá annit was themselves who said it iad féin a dúirt é, iadsan féin a dúirt éit's themselves I was looking for iad féin a bhí uaim, iadsan féin a bhí mé a lorgthey're musicians themselves is ceoltóirí iad féin
Taispeáin iontráil iomlán 
3 pronoun personallyiad féin  c m uthey told him themselves dúirt siad féin leisthey have one themselves tá ceann acu féinthey themselves didn't go ní dheachaigh siad féinthey themselves were sick bhí siad féin breoiteit refers to them themselves tagraíonn sé dóibhsean féin 4 pronoun informal meaning 'them' or 'they'iad féin  c m uwhat about themselves? céard fúthu féin?Paul and themselves were there bhí Pól agus iad féin ann 5 pronoun these things and no otheriad féin  c m uit's about the schools themselves baineann sé leis na scoileanna iad féinthe companies provide these services themselves cuireann na comhlachtaí iad féin na seirbhísí seo ar fáilthe parties themselves are divided tá deighilt sna páirtithe iad féin 6 pronoun with singulareverybody is out for themselves tá gach duine ar a shon féinnobody would put themselves in danger like that ní chuirfeadh aon duine é féin i gcontúirt mar sin
phrases

all by themselves

(also

by themselves

) 1 aloneleo féinina n-aonarastu féinthey live by themselves tá siad ina gcónaí leo féin, cónaíonn siad ina n-aonar 2 without helpastu féinas a stuaim féinthey didn't do it all by themselves ní dhearna siad astu féin é, ní dhearna siad as a stuaim féin é

all to themselves

(also

to themselves

) dóibh féindóibh féin amháinthey had the house all to themselves bhí an teach acu dóibh féin

to be themselves

1 be in their normal statethey aren't themselves níl siad istigh leo féin, níl siad ar a nós féin, níl siad ar a ndóigh féin 2 feel wellthey weren't themselves afterwards ní raibh siad ar fónamh ina dhiaidh, ní raibh siad ag mothú go rómhaith ina dhiaidh

to feel themselves

1 feel in their usual statethey don't feel themselves ní airíonn siad istigh leo féin, ní mhothaíonn siad ar a ndóigh féin 2 feel wellthey aren't themselves today níl siad ar fónamh inniu, níl siad ag mothú go rómhaith inniu

to keep themselves to themselves

coinneáil chucu féinthey kept themselves to themselves pretty much níor bhac siad le daoine eile mórán, níor chuir siad isteach ná amach ar aon duine, sheachain siad cuideachta den chuid is mó

to seem themselves

they don't seem themselves ní cheapfá go bhfuil siad istigh leo féin, níl cuma orthu go bhfuil siad ar a ndóigh féin

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