Meaning

4 senses
  1. (masculine, personal, pronoun, reflexive, singular, third person)Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject

    He injured himself.

    sich

    самsam, себя́sebjá, собо́йsobój

  2. (emphatic, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third person)He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate

    He was injured himself.

    er selbst

    он самon sam

    він самvin sam

  3. (Ireland, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third person)The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he himself.

  4. (Ireland, masculine, personal, pronoun, singular, third person)The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; he (used of upper-class gentlemen, or sarcastically, of men who imagine themselves to be more important than others)

    Has himself come down to breakfast yet?

    Have you seen himself yet this morning?

Examples

9979 sentences
  1. He lived there all by himself.

    Він жив там сам-один.

    ruОн жил там совсем один.

    deEr lebte dort ganz allein.

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  2. He won't say anything about himself.

    Він нічого про себе не розкаже.

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  3. Tom committed suicide by hanging himself.

    Том наклав на себе руки, повісившись.

    ruТом покончил с собой, повесившись.

    deTom hat Selbstmord durch Erhängen begangen.

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  4. Tom can't blame anyone but himself.

    Том не може звинувачувати нікого, окрім самого себе.

    ruТом не может винить никого, кроме самого себя.

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  5. Tom can take care of himself.

    Том може сам про себе потурбуватися.

    ruТом может о себе позаботиться.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
(emphatic, exclusive) he:
Русский
By meaning 2
(reflexive) male person as the previously mentioned object:
(emphatic, exclusive) he:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
(reflexive) male person as the previously mentioned object:
(emphatic, exclusive) he:

Origin

From Middle English hymself, from Old English him selfum. Equivalent to him + -self.

From Middle English hymself, from Old English him selfum. Equivalent to him + -self.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

25 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • that by himself
  • care of himself
  • there by himself
  • home by himself
  • killed himself
  • all by himself
  • go by himself
  • enjoying himself
  • be enjoying himself
  • bought himself a
  • himself understood understood
  • poured himself

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
himself — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto