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soi

/swa/

pronoun/swa/

Designating or reinforcing a reflexive (direct) object or the regime of a preposition; nominative pronoun reinforcing indefinite or very generalized subject; one; himself, herself, itself

Near-synonym: soi-même

Synonyms: soi-même

Inherited from Old French sei, accented form of se, from Latin sē (in accented position), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (reflexive pronoun). More at se. Cognate with Italian sé, Portuguese si, Spanish sí.

noun, masculine/swa/plural: sois

the self

Inherited from Old French sei, accented form of se, from Latin sē (in accented position), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (reflexive pronoun). More at se. Cognate with Italian sé, Portuguese si, Spanish sí.