itse

See also: itse- and -itse

Finnish

(index it)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ice or *icce, from Proto-Uralic *iće ~ *iśe. Cognate to Estonian ise. Originally, itse meant "the conscious mind" (as a part of the soul).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈit̪se̞ˣ]
  • Hyphenation: it‧se

Pronoun

itse

  1. oneself; used to emphasize the person of the head word
    Sinun täytyy tehdä se itse.
    You must do it yourself.
    Itse pomo tuli paikalle.
    The boss himself/herself came there.
  2. by -self, on/by one's own.
    Vietin koko päivän itsekseni.
    I spent the whole day by myself.
  3. oneself; used reflexively with a possessive suffix
    Sinun täytyy luottaa itseesi.
    You must trust yourself.
    Anna kertoi Riitan yrittäneen tappaa itsensä.
    Anna told that Riitta had tried to kill herself.
  4. (as modifier in compound words) auto-, self-; see also separate entry for itse-
    Levitä itseruskettavaa voidetta iholle.
    Spread some self-tanning lotion on the skin.

Declension

Inflection of itse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative itse
genitive itsen
partitive itseä
illative itseen
singular plural
nominative itse
accusative nom. itse
gen. itsen
genitive itsen
partitive itseä
inessive itsessä
elative itsestä
illative itseen
adessive itsellä
ablative itseltä
allative itselle
essive itsenä
translative itseksi
instructive
abessive itsettä
comitative

Derived terms

Compounds

See compounds section under itse-.

Noun

itse

  1. (psychology) self, ego

Declension

Inflection of itse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative itse
genitive itsen
partitive itseä
illative itseen
singular plural
nominative itse
accusative nom. itse
gen. itsen
genitive itsen
partitive itseä
inessive itsessä
elative itsestä
illative itseen
adessive itsellä
ablative itseltä
allative itselle
essive itsenä
translative itseksi
instructive
abessive itsettä
comitative

Synonyms

Anagrams

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