About this word

Í is the third person, singular, feminine of the object pronoun meaning her or (feminine) it.

The object pronouns in Irish

The object of a sentence is the entity that is affected by the action of the verb. Thus, pronouns used in place of the object are called object pronouns.

• mé: me.
• tú: you.
• é: him; it (masculine).
• í: her; it (feminine).
• sinn (Munster) / muid (Connacht ⁊ Ulster): us.
• sibh: ye (plural).
• iad: them.

Examples

• Cosnaíonn sé mé: it protects me.
• Cosnaíonn sé tú: it protects you.
• Cosnaíonn sé é: it protects him / it.
• Cosnaíonn sé í: it protects her / it.
• Cosnaíonn sé muid: it protects us. (Connacht ⁊ Ulster.)
• Cosnaíonn sé sinn: it protects us. (Munster.)
• Cosnaíonn sé sibh: it protects ye.
• Cosnaíonn sé iad: it protects them.

The same object pronouns' emphatic forms (conjunctive)

• mise: me.
• tusa: you.
• eisean: him; it (masculine).
• ise: her; it (feminine).
• sinn-ne (Munster) / muide (Connacht) / muid-ne (Ulster; pronounced, roughly, 'mwij-IN-yi'): we.
• sibh-se: ye (plural).
• iad-san: them.

Examples

• Cosnaíonn sé mise: it protects me.
• Cosnaíonn sé tusa: it protects you.
• Cosnaíonn sé eisean: it protects him / it.
• Cosnaíonn sé ise: it protects her / it.
• Cosnaíonn sé muide: it protects us. (Connacht.)
• Cosnaíonn sé sinn-ne: it protects us. (Munster.)
• Cosnaíonn sé muid-ne: it protects us. (Ulster.)
• Cosnaíonn sé sibh-se: it protects ye.
• Cosnaíonn sé iad-san: it protects them.