себя — myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves (no nominative case); oneself
себя is the #51 most common word in Russian, a pronoun. It means “myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves (no nominative case); oneself” and is pronounced [sʲɪˈbʲa].
#51frequency rank
0.11%of everyday Russian text
Level 1Beginner 1
Forms of себя
| Form | What it is | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| я | I · nominative | the myself |
| ты | you · nominative | the myself |
| он | he/she · nominative sg. · masc. | the myself |
| мы | I · nominative | the myself |
| вы | you · nominative | the myself |
| её | he/she · genitive sg. · femi. | of the myself |
| нас | I · genitive | of the myself |
| вас | you · genitive | of the myself |
| их | he/she · genitive | of the myself |
| них | he/she · genitive | of the myself |
| мне | I · dative | to the myself |
| ей | he/she · dative sg. · femi. | to the myself |
| ней | he/she · dative sg. · femi. | to the myself |
| нам | I · dative | to the myself |
| вам | you · dative | to the myself |
| им | he/she · dative | to the myself |
| ним | he/she · dative | to the myself |
| её | he/she · accusative sg. · femi. | the myself (object) |
| неё | he/she · accusative sg. · femi. | the myself (object) |
| нас | I · accusative | the myself (object) |
| вас | you · accusative | the myself (object) |
| их | he/she · accusative | the myself (object) |
| них | he/she · accusative | the myself (object) |
| мной | I · instrumental | with the myself |
| им | he/she · instrumental sg. · neut. | with the myself |
| ним | he/she · instrumental sg. · neut. | with the myself |
| ей | he/she · instrumental sg. · femi. | with the myself |
| ней | he/she · instrumental sg. · femi. | with the myself |
| мне | I · prepositional | about the myself |
| нём | he/she · prepositional sg. · neut. | about the myself |
| ней | he/she · prepositional sg. · femi. | about the myself |
| нас | I · prepositional | about the myself |
| вас | you · prepositional | about the myself |
| них | he/she · prepositional | about the myself |