different between hirsel vs hirself

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??(?)s?l/

Noun

hirsel (plural hirsels)

1. (Scotland, Northern English) The entire stock on a farm or stock under the charge of a shepherd.

Anagrams

• Hilers, Riehls, Rishel, relish

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?rsl/, /?h?rsl/

Noun

hirsel (plural hirsels)

1. The entire stock on a farm or stock under the charge of a shepherd.
2. A multitude or throng.
3. A slithering movement.
4. A wheeze.

Verb

hirsel (third-person singular present hirsels, present participle hirselin, past hirselt, past participle hirselt)

1. To slither.
2. To wheeze.
3. (transitive) To put into different groups.

English

Etymology

hir +? self, following pattern of herself, himself, and itself

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?r?self, IPA^(key): /hi??s?lf/
• Rhymes: -?lf
• Hyphenation: hir?self

Pronoun

hirself (a reflexive, third person singular, gender-neutral (or multigendered) personal pronoun)

1. (reflexive) Hir, themself; Gender-neutral third-person singular object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, coordinate with gendered himself and herself.
2. (emphatic) Sie; an intensive repetition of a gender-neutral subject, often used to indicate exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of a predicate.

Synonyms

• themself
• (neologism) emself, perself

Hyponyms

• himself, herself

Usage notes

See usage notes for hir.

See also

• other attested gender-neutral pronouns