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Scots
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English myself, meself, from Old English mē selfum and similar phrases.
Pronoun
mysel
- myself
See also
Scots personal pronouns
|
personal pronoun |
possessive
pronoun |
possessive
determiner
|
| subjective |
objective |
reflexive
|
| first person |
singular
|
A, I, Ik |
me |
mysel |
mine, mines |
mine, my
|
| plural
|
we |
us, we |
oorsel, oorsels |
oors |
our
|
| second person |
singular |
standard (formal)
|
ye
you, yow |
ye
you, yow |
yersel
yoursel |
yers
yours |
yer
your
|
| Insular (informal)
|
thoo |
thee |
thysel, theesel |
thines |
thy, thee, thees
|
| plural
|
ye, yese
you, youse |
ye, yese
you, youse
theer |
yesels
yoursels |
yers
yours |
yer
your
|
| third person |
singular |
masculine
|
he, e |
him, im |
himsel, hissel |
his, is |
his, is
|
| feminine
|
scho, she, shu |
her, er |
hersel |
hers |
her, er
|
| neuter
|
it
hit |
it
hit |
itsel
hitsel |
its
hits |
its
hits
|
genderless, nonspecific
(formal)
|
ane |
ane |
– |
– |
ane's
|
| plural
|
thay |
thaim |
thaimsel, thaimsels |
thairs |
thair
|
References
- “my-self, pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A Craigie, A J Aitken , editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
- “mysel, pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W Grant and D D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.