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English

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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

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Anagrams

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

Etymology 2

From Latin se.

Pronoun

soi

  1. one (reflexive pronoun)
  2. oneself

Brokskat

Pronoun

soi

  1. he

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

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

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoi̯/,
  • 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/,
  • 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/,
  • Rhymes: -oi
  • Syllabification(key): soi
  • Hyphenation(key): soi

Verb

soi

  1. third-person singular past indicative of suoda

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sei, accented form of se, from Latin (in accented position), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (reflexive pronoun). More at se. Cognate with Italian , Portuguese si, Spanish .

Pronunciation

Pronoun

soi

  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

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
relative proximal distal
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 celui celui-ci celui-là
feminine elle la, l’ elle elle-même celle celle-ci celle-là
indeterminate on3, l’on (formal), ce4, c’, ça ce ceci cela, 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 ceux ceux-ci ceux-là
feminine elles elles elles-mêmes celles celles-ci celles-là

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

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

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

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

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

Sassarese

Pronunciation

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoi/
  • Rhymes: -oi
  • Syllabification: soi

Verb

soi

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possible doublet of rọi.

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

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 gươngto 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

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

Noun

soi

  1. alternative form of sowi (smoke)

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics