sebe

See also: SEbE, sebe-, себе, and себе-

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛbɛ]

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• Rhymes: -ɛbɛ

Pronoun

sebe

1. (genitive, accusative, reflexive) oneself
   1. myself
   2. yourself
   3. himself
   4. herself
   5. itself
   6. ourselves
   7. yourselves
   8. themselves

Declension

Declension

	singular
nominative	—
genitive	sebe
dative	sobě, si
accusative	sebe, se
vocative	—
locative	sobě
instrumental	sebou

Synonyms

• se

Derived terms

► Czech words prefixed with sebe-

• řešit sám sebe

Further reading

• sebe in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

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Galician

A sebe

Etymology

From Latin saepem (“hedge, fence”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂ip- (“to cram, fence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseβe̝/

Noun

sebe f (plural sebes)

1. hedge, fence
   • 1316, Miguel Romaní Martinez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira, Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, vol. 2, page 32:

     acharon no herdamento desa grana de Lamas estaquas chantadas et divisoes feytas et sebes deribadas

     they found, in the lands of that farm of Lamas, grounded stakes and [new] divisions and overthrown hedges

   Synonym: tapaxe

Derived terms

• sebeiro (“hedge”)

References

• “sebe” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “sebe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “sebe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “sebe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin saepem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.bi/

Noun

sebe f (plural sebes)

1. hedge (thicket of bushes planted in a row)

   Synonym: cerca viva

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sêbe/
• Hyphenation: se‧be

Pronoun

sȅbe (Cyrillic spelling се̏бе)

1. oneself (reflexive pronoun)
   1. myself
   2. yourself
   3. himself
   4. herself
   5. itself
   6. ourselves
   7. yourselves
   8. themselves

Declension

Declension of sebe

	singular	plural
nominative	—	—
genitive	sȅbe, se	sȅbe
dative	sȅbi, si	sȅbi
accusative	sȅbe, se	sȅbe
vocative	—	—
locative	sȅbi	sȅbi
instrumental	sȍbōm	sȍbom

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛbɛ/

Pronoun

sebe

1. (reflexive personal) Replaces the dative of a personal pronoun when the subject is of the same person as the dative object. Roughly comparable with to oneself or for oneself.

   Kupujem si topánky. – I am buying "me" shoes.

   Komu kupuješ topánky? Sebe. – Whom/Who are you buying the shoes for? Myself.

Synonyms

• si

Further reading

• sebe in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk