siebie

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sȅbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ɕɛbjɛ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ɕɛbjɛ/

Pronoun

siebie

1. Alternative form of się

Declension

Declension of siebie

nominative	—
genitive	siebie, się
dative	sobie
accusative	siebie, się
instrumental	sobą
locative	sobie

Descendants

• Masurian: sziebzie
• Polish: siebie
• Silesian: siebie

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “siebie, sobie, sobą”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish siebie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕɛ.bjɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛbjɛ
• Syllabification: sie‧bie

Pronoun

siebie

1. Alternative form of się

Declension

Declension of –

	singular and plural
nominative	—
genitive	się/siebie
dative	sobie/se
accusative	się/siebie
instrumental	sobą
locative	sobie/se
vocative	—

See also

• sam

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), siebie is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 137 times in scientific texts, 41 times in news, 124 times in essays, 430 times in fiction, and 407 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 1139 times, making it the 36th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• siebie in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish siebie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕɛbjɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛbjɛ
• Syllabification: sie‧bie

Pronoun

siebie

1. Alternative form of sie

Further reading

• siebie in silling.org