reflexive pronoun

1. In English: a personal pronoun, having a form of "-self" as a suffix to show that the subject's action affects the subject itself.

   Reflexivpronomen, Reflexivum, rückbezügliches Fürwort

   возвра́тное местоиме́ниеvozvrátnoje mestoiménije

   зворо́тний займе́нникzvorótnyj zajménnyk

   a personal pronoun compounded with ‘-self’ to show the agent's action affects the agent

2. In many languages: a pronoun that makes a transitive verb reflexive or reciprocal.

1. Many languages have developed reflexive pronouns, by means of which many ambiguities are obviated.

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