"-selves" meaning in English

See -selves in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|head=-selves|sort=selves}} -selves
  1. Used in forming intensive and reflexive forms of the plural personal pronouns. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--selves-en-suffix-fQW-oxcA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms with redundant sortkeys: 71 29
  2. plural of -self. Tags: form-of, morpheme, plural Form of: -self Related terms: -self
    Sense id: en--selves-en-suffix-dTLC0hor Categories (other): English plurals in -ves with singular in -f or -fe

Download JSON data for -selves meaning in English (1.2kB)

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