себя

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Russian

Etymology

PIE word
*swé

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sebe, from Proto-Indo-European *swé.

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Pronoun

себя́ • (sebjá)

  1. (reflexive pronoun) myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves (no nominative case)
    Он лю́бит себя́. ― On ljúbit sebjá. ― He loves himself.
    Я люблю́ себя́. ― Ja ljubljú sebjá. ― I love myself.
    Ему́ не по себе́. ― Jemú ne po sebé. ― He feels out of sorts.
    Мне ка́к-то не по себе́. ― Mne kák-to ne po sebé. ― I don’t feel quite myself.
    Она́ чу́вствует себя́ лу́чше. ― Oná čúvstvujet sebjá lúčše. ― She’s feeling better.
    Они́ у себя́ в ко́мнате. ― Oní u sebjá v kómnate. ― They're in their room.
    Мы зна́ем себя́. ― My znájem sebjá. ― We know ourselves.
    Я пое́ду к себе́. ― Ja pojédu k sebé. ― I will to go to my place.
  2. (reflexive pronoun) oneself

Declension

Declension of Russian personal pronouns
singular plural reflexive
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
m n f
nominative я
(ja) 		ты
(ty) 		он
(on) 		оно́
(onó) 		она́
(oná) 		мы
(my) 		вы
(vy) 		они́ 1
(oní)
genitive меня́
(menjá) 		тебя́
(tebjá) 		его́ 2, него́ 2 3
(jevó, nevó) 		её 4, неё 3 4
(jejó, nejó) 		нас
(nas) 		вас
(vas) 		их, них 3
(ix, nix) 		себя́
(sebjá)
dative мне
(mne) 		тебе́
(tebé) 		ему́, нему́ 3
(jemú, nemú) 		ей, ней 3
(jej, nej) 		нам
(nam) 		вам
(vam) 		им, ним 3
(im, nim) 		себе́
(sebé)
accusative меня́
(menjá) 		тебя́
(tebjá) 		его́ 2, него́ 2 3
(jevó, nevó) 		её, неё 3
(jejó, nejó) 		нас
(nas) 		вас
(vas) 		их, них 3
(ix, nix) 		себя́
(sebjá)
instrumental мной, мно́ю 5
(mnoj, mnóju) 		тобо́й, тобо́ю 5
(tobój, tobóju) 		им, ним 3
(im, nim) 		ей, ней 3, е́ю 5, не́ю 3 5
(jej, nej, jéju, néju) 		на́ми
(námi) 		ва́ми
(vámi) 		и́ми, ни́ми 3
(ími, ními) 		собо́й, собо́ю 5
(sobój, sobóju)
prepositional 6 мне
(mne) 		тебе́
(tebé) 		нём 3
(njom) 		ней 3
(nej) 		нас
(nas) 		вас
(vas) 		них 3
(nix) 		себе́
(sebé)
  1. Archaic feminine form: оне́ (oné).
  2. The letter г (g) in the genitive/accusative case ending is pronounced as /v/.
  3. The alternative forms starting with н- (n-) are used after a preposition.
  4. Archaic forms: ея́ (jejá), нея́ (nejá).
  5. Instrumental forms ending in -ю (-ju) are either dated, poetic, or dialectal.
  6. The prepositional case is never used without a preposition.

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