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wirsells

reflexive pronounpeople

Ourselves; plural reflexive pronoun

Reflexive form of 'we' — ourselves.

Example in use

Wirsells hae tae mend da net.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/WIR-selz/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutralalso: ourselves

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