sobie

Old Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swéder.

Proto-Indo-European *sebʰyo

Proto-Slavic *sebě

Old Polish sobie

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sebě.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

sobie

1. dative/locative singular of się

Descendants

• Polish: sobie
• Silesian: sobie

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swéder.

Proto-Indo-European *sebʰyo

Proto-Slavic *sebě

Old Polish sobie

Polish sobie

Inherited from Old Polish sobie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.bjɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔbjɛ
• Syllabification: so‧bie

Pronoun

sobie

1. dative/locative singular of się
   1. (reflexively) oneself, myself, yourself, itself, etc.

      Zawsze myślisz tylko o sobie. ― You're always thinking about yourself.

      1. (colloquial) just; ethical dative, used to express the comfortableness of performing the described action or the pleasure in performing it

         Siedzę sobie na ławce. ― I'm just sitting on the bench.

   2. (reciprocally) each other, one another

Declension

Declension of -

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

Derived terms

adjectives

• sam w sobie
• taki sobie
• zamknięty w sobie

adverbs

• tak sobie
• w sobie

proverb

• jak sobie pościelesz, tak się wyśpisz

Further reading

• “sobie”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Slovak

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔbɪ̯e/, [ˈsɔbɪ̯e]
• Rhymes: -ɔbɪ̯e
• Hyphenation: so‧bie

Adjective

sobie

1. inflection of sobí:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. inanimate masculine nominative/accusative plural
   3. feminine/neuter nominative/accusative plural