soi

See also: so'i, sói, só͘-í, sôi, söi, and SOI

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 (soi)
• Russian: сой (ru) m (soj)

• Thai: ซอย (th) (sɔɔi)

Anagrams

• IOs, ISO, Ios, OIs, OSI, iOS, ios, iso, iso-

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Asturian

Verb

soi

1. first-person singular present indicative of ser

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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

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Brokskat

Pronoun

soi

1. he

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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

• “soi” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Verb

soi

1. Third-person singular indicative present form of soida.
2. Third-person singular indicative past form of soida.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Verb

soi

1. Indicative present connegative form of soida.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of soida.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of soida.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Verb

soi

1. Third-person singular indicative past form of suoda.

Anagrams

• iso, iso-, ois

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French

Etymology

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

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

Pronoun

soi ?

1. one
2. oneself
3. (dated) himself, herself, itself

Related terms

French personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Locative (at)	Genitive (of)	Disjunctive (tonic)
Singular	First	—	je, j’	me, m’		—	—	moi
	Second	—	tu	te, t’		—	—	toi
	Third	Masculine	il	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui
		Feminine	elle	la, l’				elle
		Indeterminate	on1	—	—	—	—	—
		Reflexive	—	se, s’4		—	—	soi4
Plural	First	—	nous	nous		—	—	nous
	Second	—	vous2	vous2,3		—	—	vous2
	Third	Masculine	ils3	les	leur	y	en	eux3
		Feminine	elles					elles

¹ Also used as the first person plural.

² Also used as the polite singular form.

³ Also used when a group has both men and women.

⁴ Also used as third person plural reflexive.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• aller de soi
• amour de soi
• chez-soi

• soi-disant
• soi-même

Anagrams

• ois

Further reading

• “soi” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Occitan

Verb

soi

1. first-person singular present indicative of èsser

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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).

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish soy.

Noun

soi n (plural soiuri)

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

Declension

Declension of soi

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) soi	soiul	(niște) soiuri	soiurile
genitive/dative	(unui) soi	soiului	(unor) soiuri	soiurilor
vocative	soiule		soiurilor

Synonyms

• rasă, castă, neam, clasă

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Spanish

Verb

soi

1. (Chile) Informal second-person singular (vos) present indicative form of ser; You are.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɔj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂɔj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂɔj˧˧] ~ [sɔj˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *k-lɔːl (“to gaze at one's own reflection”) (Ferlus).

Verb

soi • (𤐝, 𥋸, 󱧽, 󱈗, 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

Derived terms

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

 

Etymology 2

Noun

soi • (𪤠)

1. alluvial island (in a river)

Etymology 3

Compare sõi, sỏi.

Adjective

soi

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