Definitions For Themself

Pronoun

{{en-pron, desc=personal pronoun}} {{non-gloss definition, 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 {{qualifier, also used for emphasis}}. : {{qualifier, reflexively}}: {{ux, en, They’ve hurt themselves.}} : {{qualifier, after a preposition}}: {{ux, en, They fought among themselves.}} : {{qualifier, for emphasis}}: {{ux, en, They are going to try climbing Mount Everest themselves.}} {{non-gloss definition, The reflexive case of they, the third-person singular personal pronoun.}} The single person previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition {{qualifier, also used for emphasis}}. : {{qualifier, reflexively}}: {{ux, en, Would whoever stole my phone please make themselves known.}} : {{qualifier, after a preposition}}: {{ux, en, I don't want anyone to fight among themselves.}} : {{qualifier, for emphasis}}: {{ux, en, Everyone must do it themselves.}} }}

Usage notes

Regarding the use of singular themselves (as opposed to themself or e.g. himself), see the usage notes about they, themself, and he, respectively.

Synonyms

theirselves {{qualifier, appendix:glossary#nonstandard, nonstandard}} singular themself {{qualifier, non-gender-specific}}, theirself {{q, non-gender-specific, but nonstandard}}, himself, herself {{qualifier, gender-specific}}

Translations

Belarusian: сябе́ {{qualifier, accusative, genitive}}, сабе́ {{qualifier, dative, locative}}, сабо́й {{qualifier, instrumental}}; -цца {{qualifier, verb ending}} Catalan: es Chinese: : Mandarin: 他們自己, 他们自己 (tāmen zìjǐ) Finnish: itsensä, itseään, ihteään {{q, dialectal}}, ihtiään {{q, dialectal}}; keskenään; itse French: se German: sich Hungarian: maguk, magukat Japanese: 彼ら自身 (karera-jishin) Khakas: постары Latin: ipsi Navajo: tʼáá hó Novial: sen, se Portuguese: se, si {{qualifier, prepositional}} Russian: себя́ Sorbian: : Lower Sorbian: se Spanish: se Tuvan: боттары Ukrainian: себе́ Yakut: бэйэлэрэ Belarusian: яны, яны́ сам, са́мі, sc=Cyrl Czech: {{qualifier, animate}} sami, m-p, {{qualifier, inanimate}} samy, m-p, samy, f-p, sama, n-p French: eux-mêmes, m, elles-mêmes Latvian: viņi paši, m-p, viņas pašas, f-p Polish: {{qualifier, animate}} sami, m-p, {{qualifier, masculine inanimate and all other genders}} same Portuguese: eles mesmos, m, elas mesmas, f Russian: они, они́ сам, са́ми Slovak: oni sami, ony same Spanish: ellos mismos, m, ellas mismas, f Ukrainian: вони́ сами́, sc=Cyrl, вони́ самі́, sc=Cyrl Catalan: mateix, alt=mateixos Chinese: : Mandarin: 他們自己, 他们自己 (tāmen zìjǐ) Finnish: itse, itsensä, itse, itseään; itse, itselleen; itse, ite {{q, informal}} Hungarian: önmaguk, önmagukat Japanese: 彼ら自身 (karera-jishin) Latin: ipsos, m, ipsas, f, ipsa, n Russian: себя́ Volapük: okis {{checktrans-top}} Arabic: {{t-check, ar, اَنْفُسَهُم}} Dutch: {{t+check, nl, zichzelf}} German: {{t-check, de, sich selber}} Italian: {{t-check, it, essi stessi}} {{ttbc, ko}}: 그들 자신 (geudeul jasin) Swedish: {{t-check, sv, sig själva}}