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English
Etymology
OE. #Old English|self, seolf, sylf.
Pronunciation
IPA|/s�lf/
audio|en-us-self.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�lf|-�lf
Noun
en-noun|selves
- The essential qualities that make a person or a thing distinct from all others.
Adjective
self
- obsolete same
#:*1605: I am made of that self mettle as my sister � William Shakespeare, King Lear I.i
Related terms
the personal pronouns myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves.
the indefinite pronouns oneself, one's self|ones self.
Translations
Chinese Characters: � (zì)
Crimean Tatar: özü
Dutch: zelf n
Finnish: itse :fi:itse|^
German: Selbst n
Ido: ipsa
Italian: stesso
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Japanese: è�ªèº« (ã��ã��ã��, jÃshin)
Korean: ì��ì� (jasin), ì��기ì��ì� (jagijasin)
Norwegian: selv
Russian: �еб� (sebjá)
Spanish: yo m italbrac|psychology, ser m italbrac|psychology
Swedish: själv
Maltese
Noun
self
- loan
Old English
Etymology
Common Germanic *selbha-, whence also Old High German selb, Old Norse sjálfr
Pronoun
self
- self
Category:Old English pronouns
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Category:1000 English basic words
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