Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eirself

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eir-self
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

A gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, equivalent to themselves/themself and coordinate with himself or herself.

Example Sentences

"In practical terms, the sensei needs to teach some stretching in order to protect eir students from injury and eirself from liability."
"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."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Suffix: eir

Rhymes With

-self it self youself yoself yo'self theyself y'allself hirself ittself xyrself theeself hitself

Questions

What does eirself mean?: A gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, equivalent to themselves/themself and coordinate with himself or herself.
Where does eirself come from?: From eir + -self, in pattern of hisself and herself (construed as formed from adjectival her), or by dropping th from theirself.

How to pronounce eirself

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “eirself”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “eirself”.
Repeat and practice — Say “eirself” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.