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My prefix is the 9th.

A prefix of the prefix is a pronoun.

My infix is in many languages, but not in English.

An infix of the infix is another pronoun.

My suffix is a pot.

A suffix of the suffix is a masculine name.

Together, I beg for a dagger.

I doubled, that's the identity.

What am I?

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    $\begingroup$ When an answer is not yet complete, and especially on a weekend, it's often best to wait a bit before accepting the answer even when it's essentially correct; this gives you and the solver some time to get the answer Just Right, and gives others a chance to see your puzzle and the solution--and, naturally, to upvote them :) $\endgroup$
    – Rubio
    Feb 1, 2020 at 14:49

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Almost certain you are a

Hermitian

My prefix is the 9th.

Hermit is the 9th Tarot card

A prefix of the prefix is a pronoun.

Her

My infix is in many languages, but not in English.

miti means myth in Italian, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, etc. (courtesy of Google Translate)

An infix of the infix is another pronoun.

it

My suffix is a pot.

tian: an oval cooking-pot

A suffix of the suffix is a masculine name.

Ian

Together, I beg for a dagger.

Hermitian is represented by a dagger symbol in mathematics

I doubled, that's the identity.

The identity could refer to the definition of the Hermitian transpose where a Hermitian matrix is a complex square matrix that is equal to its own conjugate transpose.

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    $\begingroup$ rot13(Sbe cbg, lbh jnag 'gvna') $\endgroup$
    – Rubio
    Feb 1, 2020 at 14:46
  • $\begingroup$ @Rubio Thanks for the tip! I have made more edits for the remaining hints as well $\endgroup$
    – Ébe Isaac
    Feb 1, 2020 at 15:35

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