себя́ — meaning in English

English meaning

• herself pron Used to refer back to a female subject already mentioned in the sentence.
• himself pron The reflexive form of "he" — used when a male subject and object are the same person.
• itself pron Used to refer back to a thing that is both the subject and the object of the same action.
• myself pron Used as the object of a verb or preposition when the speaker is also the subject.
• ourselves pron Used to refer back to the speaker and others as the same people affected by the action, or to emphasize that group.
• self noun A person's own individual character, personality, or identity.
• themselves pron The reflexive form of "they" used for a group of people or things already mentioned.
• yourself pronoun Refers back to the person being spoken to, when they are both the doer and the receiver of an action.
• yourselves pron Used to emphasise 'you' when speaking to more than one person.

Senses

себя́ is used for these senses in English:

• herself (reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
• himself (reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
• itself (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate
• myself (proscribed) Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself. [from 10th c.]
• oneself A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself.
• ourselves (reflexive) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
• self An individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
• themselves (reflexive pronoun) The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals, or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).

herself — full definition

1. pron Used to refer back to a female subject already mentioned in the sentence.
2. pron Used to emphasize that a woman did something without help or personally.

himself — full definition

1. pron The reflexive form of "he" — used when a male subject and object are the same person.
2. pron Used for emphasis, to stress that he alone did something.

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