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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{compound|eir|self}}, in pattern of {{term|hisself}} and {{term|herself}} (construed as formed from adjectival {{term|her}}), or by dropping "th" from {{term|theirselves}}.
From {{suffix|en|eir|self}}, in pattern of {{m|en|hisself}} and {{m|en|herself}} (construed as formed from adjectival {{m|en|her}}), or by dropping {{m|en||th}} from {{m|en|theirself}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{rhymes|en|ɛlf|s=2}}


===Pronoun===
===Pronoun===
{{infl|en|pronoun}}
{{head|en|pronoun}}

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# {{lb|en|reflexive|rare|nonstandard}} {{non-gloss|A [[gender-neutral]] object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, equivalent to {{m|en|themself}} and coordinate with {{m|en|himself}} or {{m|en|herself}}.}}
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#* {{quote-newsgroup|en|date=July 23 1999|author=Allover Stripes|title=looking for a style|newsgroup=rec.martial-arts.moderated
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|passage=In practical terms, the sensei needs to teach some stretching in order to protect eir students from injury and '''eirself''' from liability.}}
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#* {{quote-newsgroup|en|date=November 30 1999|author=excalibor|title=USS TITANIA: Preparations for dinner...|newsgroup=alt.starfleet.rpg
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|passage=Finished with spiritual cleaning, Eir hunger satisfied, Sereah took a quick sonic shower and prepared '''Eirself''' for the formal dinner. E wasn't yet used to Eir red command uniform.}}


====Synonyms====
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# {{neologism|reflexive}} [[eir]], [[em]]; {{non-gloss definition|[[gender-neutral]] object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, grammatically equivalent to [[himself]] or [[herself]]}}.
* ''see'' [[Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns]]
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#* '''1999''' July 23, "Allover Stripes", "looking for a style", <tt>rec.martial-arts.moderated</tt>, ''Usenet'':
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#*: In practical terms, the sensei needs to teach some stretching in order to protect eir students from injury and '''eirself''' from liability.
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#* '''1999''' November 30, "excalibor" (username), "USS TITANIA: Preparations for dinner...", in <tt>alt.starfleet.rpg</tt>, ''Usenet'':
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#*: Finished with spiritual cleaning, Eir hunger satisfied, Sereah took a quick sonic shower and prepared '''Eirself''' for the formal dinner. E wasn't yet used to Eir red command uniform.


====See also====
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eefilrs|relfies|refiles|Leifers|relifes|Feilers|reflies|reliefs|e-filers}}
* other [[Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns|attested]] and [[Wiktionary:List of protologisms by topic/third person singular gender neutral pronouns|proposed]] gender-neutral pronouns


{{cln|en|third person pronouns}}
[[Category:en:Gender]]
{{C|en|Gender}}

Latest revision as of 07:43, 5 October 2024

English

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Etymology

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From eir +‎ -self, in pattern of hisself and herself (construed as formed from adjectival her), or by dropping th from theirself.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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eirself

  1. (reflexive, rare, nonstandard) A gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, equivalent to themself and coordinate with himself or herself.
    • 1999 July 23, Allover Stripes, “looking for a style”, in rec.martial-arts.moderated (Usenet):
      In practical terms, the sensei needs to teach some stretching in order to protect eir students from injury and eirself from liability.
    • 1999 November 30, excalibor, “USS TITANIA: Preparations for dinner...”, in alt.starfleet.rpg (Usenet):
      Finished with spiritual cleaning, Eir hunger satisfied, Sereah took a quick sonic shower and prepared Eirself for the formal dinner. E wasn't yet used to Eir red command uniform.

Synonyms

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Anagrams

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