thyself

See also: Thyself

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English thy-selfe, thiself, thi-zelf, from Old English þīnes selfes, equivalent to thy +‎ -self. Compare Middle English thou-self.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: thī-sĕlf', IPA(key): /ðaɪˈsɛlf/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlf
  • Hyphenation: thy‧self

Pronoun

thyself

  1. (archaic, literary, dialectal) yourself (as the object of a verb or preposition or as an intensifier); reflexive case of thou
    Thou hast only thyself to blame.
    Thou thyself art to blame.
    Physician, heal thyself.

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Derived terms

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English personal pronouns

Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in italics.

personal pronoun possessive
pronoun		 possessive
determiner
subjective objective reflexive
first
person		 singular I
me (colloquial)		 me myself
me
mysen		 mine my
mine (before vowels, archaic)
me
plural we us ourselves
ourself
oursen		 ours
ourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 our
second
person		 singular standard
(historically
formal) 		you you yourself
yoursen		 yours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 your
archaic
(historically
informal) 		thou thee thyself
theeself
thysen		 thine thy
thine (before vowels)
plural standard you
ye (archaic)		 you yourselves yours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 your
colloquial you all
y'all
you guys		 you all
y'all
you guys		 y'allselves all yours
y'all's
you guys'
your guys'		 all your
y'all's
your all's (nonstandard)
you guys'
your guys'
informal /
dialectal 		(see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries)
third
person 		singular masculine he him himself
hisself (archaic)
hissen		 his
hisn (obsolete outside dialects)		 his
feminine she her herself
hersen		 hers
hern (obsolete outside dialects)		 her
neuter it
hit		 it
hit		 itself
hitself		 its
his (archaic)		 its
his (archaic)
hits
genderless1 they them themself, themselves theirs their
nonspecific
(formal) 		one one oneself – one's
plural they them
hem, 'em		 themselves
theirsen		 theirs
theirn (obsolete outside dialects)		 their

1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronouns.

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • thiself

Etymology

from Old English þīnes selfes., equivalent to thy +‎ self.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθiːsɛlf/

Pronoun

thyself

  1. yourself

Descendants

  • English: thyself
  • Yola: theezil

References

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