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Examples.

mo ṫeaċ-sa, my house; a ṫeaċ-san, his house; ár dteaċ-ne, our house; mise, myself; seisean, himself; aca-san, at themselves; buailim-se, I strike.

185. The word féin may also be used (generally as a distinct word) to mark emphasis, either by itself or in conjunction with the emphatic particles: as

mo ṫeaċ féin, my own house
mo ṫeaċ-sa féin, even my house
mo ṫeaċ breáġ mór-sa, my fine large house

mo ṫeaċ féin and mo ṫeaċ-sa may both mean "my house," but the latter is used when we wish to distinguish our own property from that of another person; as, your house and mine, do ṫeaċ-sa agus mo ṫeaċ-sa.

186. The possessive adjectives are frequently compounded with the following prepositions:—

i, in (ann), in; le, with; do, to; ó, from; and , under.

SINGULAR. PLURAL.
i, in or ann, in.
im, am, ’mo, in my nár, inár, i n‑ár, in our
id, ad, ’do, in thy, in your nbhur, i nbhur, in your
’na, i n‑a, ina, in his, in her na, i n‑a, ina, in their

In the third person singular and plural iona, ionna, anna are also found written.