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 | |
| ты | you · nominative | you |
| он | he/she · nominative sg. · masc. | he |
| мы | I · nominative | |
| вы | you · nominative | you |
| её | he/she · genitive sg. · femi. | her |
| нас | I · genitive | |
| вас | you · genitive | your |
| их | he/she · genitive | |
| них | he/she · genitive | |
| мне | I · dative | |
| ей | he/she · dative sg. · femi. | to her |
| ней | he/she · dative sg. · femi. | to her |
| нам | I · dative | |
| вам | you · dative | to you |
| им | he/she · dative | |
| ним | he/she · dative | |
| её | he/she · accusative sg. · femi. | her |
| неё | he/she · accusative sg. · femi. | her |
| нас | I · accusative | |
| вас | you · accusative | you |
| их | he/she · accusative | |
| них | he/she · accusative | |
| мной | I · instrumental | |
| им | he/she · instrumental sg. · neut. | with it |
| ним | he/she · instrumental sg. · neut. | with it |
| ей | he/she · instrumental sg. · femi. | with her |
| ней | he/she · instrumental sg. · femi. | with her |
| мне | I · prepositional | |
| нём | he/she · prepositional sg. · neut. | about it |
| ней | he/she · prepositional sg. · femi. | about her |
| нас | I · prepositional | |
| вас | you · prepositional | about you |
| них | he/she · prepositional |