Complete Definition of "self"

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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

  1. The essential qualities that make a person or a thing distinct from all others.

Adjective
self

  1. 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
mid
Japanese: �身 (���, jíshin)
Korean: �� (jasin), �기�� (jagijasin)
Norwegian: selv
Russian: �еб� (sebjá)
Spanish: yo m italbrac|psychology, ser m italbrac|psychology
Swedish: själv


Maltese
Noun
self

  1. loan

Old English
Etymology
Common Germanic *selbha-, whence also Old High German selb, Old Norse sjálfr
Pronoun
self

  1. self

Category:Old English pronouns
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals
Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Maltese nouns

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