sin(soin, sain)
, that, those, is used after the article and substantive, or after article, substantive and adjective: an duine bocht sin, that poor man; or after pronoun: siad sin, those; or independently, in sense of that thing, time, place, etc.; in many phrases: ag an áit sin, there; a leithéid sin de . ., such and such; annsoin, then, there, in that; an oiread soin, so much, so many; an t-am soin, an tan soin, at that time, then; ar an ádhbhar soin, wherefore; chómh . . . sin, so; chómh fada soin, so far; gonadh aire sin, wherefore; iad soin, those; leis sin, with that, thereupon; mar sin, as that, in that manner, like that, so, thus, then, if so; mar sin de, therefore, however, so on; 'na dhiaidh sain, after that; ó shoin amach, from thence forward; sé sin, sí sin, that (person or thing); uime sin, therefore, wherefore; sin é, sin í, sin iad, that is he, she, those are they; sin é atá uaim, that is what I want; sin é, also means very good, just the thing; buail é, sin é. strike him, bravo! ó shoin, since that time; in sp. l., M., an fear san, an duine sin, 7c., caol le caol being genly. observed; there are exceptions, such as mar sin; similarly an fear so, an duine seo; iar soin, after that; as soin, from that, thence; sin, when used as an independent prn., is always pron. san in M., as déanfaidh san an gnó, ní beag san, 7c.