zich
Hevok
Mane (English)
- (broadly, reflexive) Third person singular and plural reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself
- (broadly, formal, reflexive) Second person singular and plural formal reflexive pronoun; yourself, yourselves
- expresses an unintended result with many otherwise non-reflexive and ergative verbs
Synonyms
de aftocht blazen
dissociëren
inmengen
achteruitwijken
distantiëren
wegdraaien
afkeren
Pircarînî
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/zɪx/
Etîmolojî (English)
In summary
From Middle Dutch sich, from Middle High German sich, from Old High German sih, from Proto-West Germanic *sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek. Old Dutch did not have a reflexive pronoun (only rarely in early Limburgish texts), but used the normal accusative pronoun (if necessary intensified by selven, cf. English himself). Although the use of zich in Holland-based Dutch was clearly triggered by written German, this development was assisted by the fact that the south-eastern dialects of Dutch had already adopted certain High German pronoun forms in much earlier times (cf. Limburgish ich, mich, dich, zich).
Vê nîşan bike
Bilêvkirina xwe baştir bike
Vê peyvê binivîse
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