# soi
## English
### Etymology

From Thai ซอย (sɔɔi).

### Noun

soi (plural soi or sois)
* In Thailand, a side-street branching off a major street; an alley or lane.
** 2019, The Mysterious Case of the Missing Tuk-Tuk, Zach J Brodsky, Brodsky Press, Chapter 2:
    When a motorbike sped too fast down their little side street, [...] Daeng and Nat would be revisiting many ranting conversations they'd had about motorbikes treating this tiny soi like it was the highway.

#### Translations
### See also

* khao soi

### Anagrams

* I/Os, ios, ISO, OSI, iso-, Ios, iso, SIO, OIS, iOS, IOs, OIs

## Asturian
### Verb

soi
* first-person singular present indicative of ser

## Bourguignon
### Etymology 1

From Latin serus.

#### Noun

soi m (plural sois)
* evening

##### Synonyms

* vesprôt

### Etymology 2

From Latin se.

#### Pronoun

soi
* one (reflexive pronoun)
* oneself

##### Related terms

| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) | Inversion | Reflexive | Accusative (direct complement) | Dative (indirect complement) | Disjunctive (tonic) | Locative (at) | Genitive (of) |
| Singular | First | — | i (rarely je) | -je | me, m’ | me, m’ | me, m’ | moi | — | — |
| Singular | Second | — | tu, t' | -tu | te, t’ | te, t’ | te, t’ | toi | — | — |
| Singular | Third | Masculine | ai, before vowels el | -ti | se, s’ | le, l’ | lu | lu | y | en |
| Singular | Third | Feminine | ale | -ti | se, s’ | la, l’ | lu | lei | y | en |
| Singular | Third | Neuter | çai | -ce | se, s’ | çai | lu | çai, çan | — | — |
| Singular | Third | — | an | -an | se, s’ | — | — | soi | — | — |
| Plural | First | — | i (rarely je) | -je | nos | nos | nos | nos | — | — |
| Plural | Second | — | vos | -vos | vos | vos | vos | vos | — | — |
| Plural | Third | Masculine | ai, before vowels el | -ti | se, s’ | les | lor | lor | y | en |
| Plural | Third | Feminine | ales | -ti | se, s’ | les | lor | lor | y | en |

## Brokskat
### Pronoun

soi
* he

## Cimbrian
### Alternative forms

* zain (Sette Comuni)

### Etymology

From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn, from Proto-West Germanic *sīn, from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz (“his, hers, its, their own”). Cognate with German sein.

### Determiner

soi
* (Luserna) his, her, its, their

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Finnish
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsoi̯/, [ˈs̠o̞i̯]
* Rhymes: -oi
* Hyphenation: soi

#### Verb

soi
* third-person singular present/past indicative of soida

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsoi̯ˣ/, [ˈs̠o̞i̯(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -oi
* Hyphenation: soi

#### Verb

soi
* inflection of soida:
** present active indicative connegative
** second-person singular present imperative
** second-person singular present active imperative connegative

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsoi̯/, [ˈs̠o̞i̯]
* Rhymes: -oi
* Hyphenation: soi

#### Verb

soi
* third-person singular past indicative of suoda

### Anagrams

* -iso, iso, iso-, ois

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French sei, accented form of se, from Latin sē (in accented position), from Proto-Indo-European *swé (reflexive pronoun). More at se. Cognate with Italian sé, Portuguese si, Spanish sí.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /swa/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: soie, soient, soies, sois, soit

### Pronoun

soi
* Designating or reinforcing a reflexive (direct) object or the regime of a preposition
    Near-synonym: soi-même
    Pourquoi ne pense-t-on qu’à soi ? ― Why do people only think of themselves?
** (chiefly) oneself
    Synonym: soi-même
** Occasionally representing other pronouns, e.g. ourselves, or translated according to the referenced indefinite subject
* (rare) nominative pronoun reinforcing indefinite or very generalized subject; one
* (dated) himself, herself, itself

#### Derived terms

* aller de soi
* amour de soi
* chacun pour soi
* chez soi
* chez-soi
* estime de soi
* hors de soi
* soi-disant
* soi-même
* sûr de soi

#### Related terms

* seité

### See also

$^1$ On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms). $^2$ Vous is also used as the polite singular form. $^3$ Ils and eux are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members. $^4$ These forms are also used as third person plural reflexive.

### Further reading

* “soi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* ois

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɔj/
* Rhymes: -ɔj
* Hyphenation: sòi

### Verb

soi
* inflection of soiare:
** second-person singular present indicative
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Japanese
### Romanization

soi
* Rōmaji transcription of そい

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsuj/

### Verb

soi
* first-person singular present indicative of èsser

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* sei (Anglo-Norman)
* soy (Anglo-Norman or late Old French)

### Pronoun

soi
* third-person singular emphatic pronoun
** himself
** herself
** itself
** oneself

#### Usage notes

* Similar in terms of usage to modern French soi except it may be used as a personal object pronoun where modern French would use se
    pur ceo qe le roialme est pover et chescun homme est bosoignous de soi trover (modern French uses se trouver).

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صوی (soy), from Proto-Common Turkic *soy.

### Noun

soi n (plural soiuri)
* breed, kind, ilk, species, variety, race
    Synonyms: rasă, castă, neam, clasă

#### Declension
## Sassarese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsoi/

### Adjective

soi
* masculine/feminine plural of sóiu
* masculine/feminine plural of sou

### Pronoun

soi
* masculine/feminine plural of sóiu
* masculine/feminine plural of sou

## Spanish
### Verb

soi
* (Chile) second-person singular voseo present indicative of ser; you are

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [sɔj˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʂɔj˧˧] ~ [sɔj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʂɔj˧˧] ~ [sɔj˧˧]

### Etymology 1

Possible doublet of rọi.
Attested in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集; 15th cent.) as 𬧾, composed of 車 (MC kjo|tsyhae) + 雷 (MC lwoj) (modern SV/non-SV: xa/cư lôi); which points to an etymon with onset *k-r-. (Trần Trọng Dương, 2012)

#### Verb

soi • (𤐝, 𥋸, 󱧽, 󱈗, 𬧾)
* to flash (light); to illuminate; to light; to give light to
* to look at one's image in (a mirror)
    soi gương ― to look at oneself in the mirror
* to candle (e.g. an egg)
* to see closely (under a microscope, magnifier, etc.); to examine

##### Derived terms

* nội soi
* săm soi
* soi mói
* soi rọi
* soi sáng
* soi xét
* xét soi

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

soi • (𪤠)
* alluvial island (in a river)

### Etymology 3

Compare sõi, sỏi.

#### Adjective

soi
* (archaic) accomplished; experienced; well-versed in

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈs̪o.i/

### Noun

soi
* Alternative form of sowi (“smoke”)

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics