soi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "soi"

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Translingual

Symbol

soi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sonha.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sonha terms

English

Etymology

From Thai ซอย (sɔɔi).

Noun

soi (plural soi or sois)

1. In Thailand, a side-street branching off a major street; an alley or lane.
   • 2019, The Mysterious Case of the Missing Tuk-Tuk, Zach J Brodsky, Brodsky Press, Chapter 2:

     When a motorbike sped too fast down their little side street, [...] Daeng and Nat would be revisiting many ranting conversations they'd had about motorbikes treating this tiny soi like it was the highway.

Translations

a side-street branching off a major street in Thailand

• Japanese: ソイ (ja) (soi)
• Russian: сой (ru) m (soj)
• Thai: ซอย (th) (sɔɔi)

See also

• khao soi

Anagrams

• I/Os, ios, ISO, OSI, iso-, Ios, iso, SIO, OIS, iOS, IOs, OIs

Asturian

Verb

soi

1. first-person singular present indicative of ser

Bourguignon

Etymology 1

From Latin serus.

Noun

soi m (plural sois)

1. evening

Synonyms

• vesprôt

Etymology 2

From Latin se.

Pronoun

soi

1. one (reflexive pronoun)
2. oneself

Related terms

Bourguignon personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Inversion	Reflexive	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Disjunctive (tonic)	Locative (at)	Genitive (of)
Singular	First	—	i (rarely je)	-je	me, m’			moi	—	—
	Second	—	tu, t'	-tu	te, t’			toi	—	—
	Third	Masculine	ai, before vowels el	-ti	se, s’	le, l’	lu	lu	y	en
		Feminine	ale			la, l’		lei
		Neuter	çai	-ce		çai		çai, çan	—	—
		—	an	-an		—	—	soi	—	—
Plural	First	—	i (rarely je)	-je	nos				—	—
	Second	—	vos	-vos	vos				—	—
	Third	Masculine	ai, before vowels el	-ti	se, s’	les	lor	lor	y	en
		Feminine	ales

Brokskat

Pronoun

soi

1. he

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• zain (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn, from Proto-West Germanic *sīn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz (“his, hers, its, their own”). Cognate with German sein.

Determiner

soi

1. (Luserna) his, her, its, their

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoi̯/, [ˈs̠o̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification^(key): soi
• Hyphenation^(key): soi

Verb

soi

1. third-person singular present/past indicative of soida

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoi̯ˣ/, [ˈs̠o̞i̯(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification^(key): soi
• Hyphenation^(key): soi

Verb

soi

1. inflection of soida:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoi̯/, [ˈs̠o̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification^(key): soi
• Hyphenation^(key): soi

Verb

soi

1. third-person singular past indicative of suoda

Anagrams

• -iso, iso, iso-, ois

French

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swa/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Homophones: soie, soient, soies, sois, soit

Pronoun

soi m or f

1. Designating or reinforcing a reflexive (direct) object or the regime of a preposition

   Near-synonym: soi-même

   Pourquoi ne pense-t-on qu'à soi ? ― Why do people only think of themselves?

   1. (chiefly) oneself

      Synonym: soi-même

   2. Occasionally representing other pronouns, e.g. ourselves, or translated according to the referenced indefinite subject
2. (rare) nominative pronoun reinforcing indefinite or very generalized subject; one
3. (dated) himself, herself, itself

Derived terms

• aller de soi
• amour de soi
• chacun pour soi
• chez soi
• chez-soi
• estime de soi
• hors de soi
• soi-disant
• soi-même
• sûr de soi

Related terms

• seité

Noun

soi m (plural sois)

1. the self

See also

French personal pronouns

number	person	gender	nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)	dative (indirect complement)	locative (at)	genitive (of)	disjunctive (tonic)1	emphatic reflexive
singular	first	—	je, j’	me, m’		—	—	moi	moi-même
	second	—	tu	te, t’		—	—	toi	toi-même
	third	masculine	il2	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui	lui-même
		feminine	elle	la, l’				elle	elle-même
		indeterminate	on3, l’on (formal), ce4, c’, ça	—	—	—	—	—	—
		reflexive	—	se, s’5		—	—	soi	soi-même
plural	first	—	nous	nous		—	—	nous	nous-mêmes
	second6	—	vous	vous		—	—	vous	vous-mêmes, vous-même6
	third	masculine	ils7	les	leur	y	en	eux7	eux-mêmes7
		feminine	elles					elles	elles-mêmes

¹ The disjunctive (tonic) forms are also used after an explicit preposition (de/d’, à, pour, chez, dans, vers, sur, sous, ...), instead the accusative, dative, genitive, locative, or reflexive forms, where a preposition is implied.
² Il is also used as an impersonal nominative-only pronoun.
³ On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms).
⁴ The nominal indeterminate form ce (demonstrative) can also be used with the auxiliary verb être as a plural, instead of the proximal or distal gendered forms.
⁵ The reflexive third person singular forms (se or s’) for accusative or dative are also used as third person plural reflexive.
⁶ Vous is also used as the polite singular form, in which case the plural disjunctive tonic vous-mêmes becomes singular vous-même.
⁷ Ils, eux and eux-mêmes are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members.

Further reading

• “soi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• ois

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔj/
• Rhymes: -ɔj
• Hyphenation: sòi

Verb

soi

1. inflection of soiare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Japanese

Romanization

soi

1. Rōmaji transcription of そい

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuj/

Verb

soi

1. first-person singular present indicative of èsser

Old French

Alternative forms

• sei (Anglo-Norman)
• soy (Anglo-Norman or late Old French)

Pronoun

soi

1. third-person singular emphatic pronoun
   1. himself
   2. herself
   3. itself
   4. oneself

Usage notes

• Similar in terms of usage to modern French soi except it may be used as a personal object pronoun where modern French would use se

  pur ceo qe le roialme est pover et chescun homme est bosoignous de soi trover (modern French uses se trouver).

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صوی (soy), from Proto-Common Turkic *soy.

Noun

soi n (plural soiuri)

1. breed, kind, ilk, species, variety, race

   Synonyms: rasă, castă, neam, clasă

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	soi	soiul		soiuri	soiurile
genitive-dative	soi	soiului		soiuri	soiurilor
vocative	soiule			soiurilor

Sassarese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoi/

Adjective

soi

1. masculine/feminine plural of sóiu
2. masculine/feminine plural of sou

Pronoun

soi

1. masculine/feminine plural of sóiu
2. masculine/feminine plural of sou

Spanish

Alternative forms

• sois, soy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoi/ [ˈsoi̯]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification: soi

Verb

soi

1. (Chile) second-person singular voseo present indicative of ser; you are

   Synonym: eri

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɔj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂɔj˧˧] ~ [sɔj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂɔj˧˧] ~ [sɔj˧˧]

Etymology 1

Possible doublet of rọi.

Attested in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集; 15th cent.) as 𬧾, composed of 車 (MC kjo|tsyhae) + 雷 (MC lwoj) (modern SV/non-SV: xa/cư lôi); which points to an etymon with onset *k-r-. (Trần Trọng Dương, 2012)

Verb

soi • (𤐝, 𥋸, 𲫛, 𱏰, 𬧾)

1. to flash (light); to illuminate; to light; to give light to
2. to look at one's image in (a mirror)

   soi gương ― to look at oneself in the mirror

3. to candle (e.g. an egg)
4. to see closely (under a microscope, magnifier, etc.); to examine

Derived terms

• nội soi
• săm soi
• soi mói
• soi rọi
• soi sáng
• soi xét
• xét soi

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

soi • (𪤠)

1. alluvial island (in a river)

Etymology 3

Compare sõi, sỏi.

Adjective

soi

1. (archaic) accomplished; experienced; well-versed in

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪o.i/

Noun

soi

1. alternative form of sowi (“smoke”)

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics