herself
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /hɜːˈsɛlf/, SAMPA: /h3:"sElf/
- (GenAm) IPA: /hɝˈsɛlf/, SAMPA: /h3`s"Elf/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlf
- Hyphenation: her‧self
[edit] Pronoun
herself the third person singular, feminine, personal pronoun (the reflexive form of she, masculine himself, neuter itself, gender-irrelevant xyrself, plural themselves)
- (reflexive) her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
- She injured herself.
- (emphatic) she; an intensive repetition of the female subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate
- She was injured herself.
- (slang) A self-important female
- What's herself up to this time?
[edit] Translations
(reflexive object) her
(as intensifier) she
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English personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Gender | Subject | Objective | Reflexive | Possessive | Possessive Pronoun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | — | I | me | myself | my | mine |
| Second | — | you, thou (archaic) |
you, thee (archaic) |
yourself, thyself (archaic) theeself (archaic) |
your, thy (archaic) |
yours, thine (archaic) |
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| Third | Masculine | he | him | himself | his | ||
| Feminine | she | her | herself | her | hers | ||
| Neuter | it | itself | its | its (rare) | |||
| Plural | First | — | we | us | ourselves | our | ours |
| Second | — | you, ye (archaic) |
you | yourselves | your | yours | |
| Third | — | they | them | themselves | their | theirs | |
| Indefinite | Third | — | one | oneself | one's | — | |
