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English
Etymology
From Thai ซอย (sɔɔi).
Noun
soi (plural soi or sois)
- 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
See also
Anagrams
- I/Os, ios, ISO, OSI, iso-, Ios, iso, SIO, OIS, iOS, IOs, OIs
Asturian
Verb
soi
- first-person singular present indicative of ser
Bourguignon
Etymology 1
From Latin serus.
Noun
soi m (plural sois)
- evening
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Latin se.
Pronoun
soi
- one (reflexive pronoun)
- oneself
Bourguignon personal pronouns
Number
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Person
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Gender
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Nominative (subject)
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Inversion
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Reflexive
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Accusative (direct complement)
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Dative (indirect complement)
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Disjunctive (tonic)
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Locative (at)
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Genitive (of)
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Singular |
First |
—
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i (rarely je)
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-je
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me, m’
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moi
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— |
—
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Second |
—
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tu, t'
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-tu
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te, t’
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toi
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— |
—
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Third |
Masculine
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ai, before vowels el
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-ti
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se, s’
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le, l’
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lu
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lu
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y
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en
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Feminine
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ale
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la, l’
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lei
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Neuter
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çai
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-ce
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çai
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çai, çan
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— |
—
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—
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an
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-an
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— |
—
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soi
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— |
—
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Plural |
First |
—
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i (rarely je)
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-je
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nos
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— |
—
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Second |
—
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vos
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-vos
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vos
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— |
—
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Third |
Masculine
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ai, before vowels el
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-ti
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se, s’
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les
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lor
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lor
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y
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en
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Feminine
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ales
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Brokskat
Pronoun
soi
- he
Cimbrian
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
- (Luserna) his, her, its, their
References
Finnish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Verb
soi
- third-person singular present/past indicative of soida
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
soi
- inflection of soida:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
soi
- third-person singular past indicative of suoda
Anagrams
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
Pronoun
soi
- 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?
- (chiefly) oneself
- Synonym: soi-même
- Occasionally representing other pronouns, e.g. ourselves, or translated according to the referenced indefinite subject
- (rare) nominative pronoun reinforcing indefinite or very generalized subject; one
- (dated) himself, herself, itself
Derived terms
See also
French personal pronouns
- 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.
Further reading
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔj/
- Rhymes: -ɔj
- Hyphenation: sòi
Verb
soi
- inflection of soiare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Japanese
Romanization
soi
- Rōmaji transcription of そい
Occitan
Pronunciation
Verb
soi
- first-person singular present indicative of èsser
Old French
- sei (Anglo-Norman)
- soy (Anglo-Norman or late Old French)
Pronoun
soi
- third-person singular emphatic pronoun
- himself
- herself
- itself
- 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 Common Turkic *soy.
Noun
soi n (plural soiuri)
- breed, kind, ilk, species, variety, race
- Synonyms: rasă, castă, neam, clasă
Declension
Sassarese
Pronunciation
Adjective
soi
- masculine/feminine plural of sóiu
- masculine/feminine plural of sou
Pronoun
soi
- masculine/feminine plural of sóiu
- masculine/feminine plural of sou
Spanish
Verb
soi
- (Chile) second-person singular voseo present indicative of ser; you are
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *k-lɔːl (“to gaze at one's own reflection”) (Ferlus).
Verb
soi • (𤐝, 𥋸, , , 𬧾)
- to flash (light); to illuminate; to light; to give light to
- to look at one's image in (a mirror)
- soi gương ― to look at oneself in the mirror
- to candle (e.g. an egg)
- to see closely (under a microscope, magnifier, etc.); to examine
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
soi • (𪤠)
- alluvial island (in a river)
Etymology 3
Compare sõi, sỏi.
Adjective
soi
- (archaic) accomplished; experienced; well-versed in
West Makian
Pronunciation
Noun
soi
- Alternative form of sowi (“smoke”)
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics