собу

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak *sobou, from Proto-Slavic *sobojǫ. Cognate with Slovak sebou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔbu]
• Rhymes: -ɔbu
• Hyphenation: со‧бу

Pronoun

собу (sobu)

1. instrumental of себе (sebe)

See also

Declension of Pannonian Rusyn personal pronouns

	singular						plural				reflexive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person				1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	n	f
nominative	я (ja)	ти (ti)	вон (von)	воно (vono)	вона (vona)		ми (mi)	ви (vi)	вони (voni)
genitive	мнє, ме 1 ‎(mnje, me)	тебе, це 1 ‎(tebe, ce)	його 1, нього 2, ньго 2, го 1 (joho, nʹoho, nʹho, ho)		єй 1, нєй  2 ‎(jej, njej)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	їх 1, нїх 2, их 3 (jix, njix, ix)		себе (sebe)
dative	мнє, ми (mnje, mi)	тебе, ци ‎(tebe, ci)	йому 4, ньому 2, му ‎(jomu, nʹomu, mu)		єй, нєй 2 ‎(jej, njej)		нам ‎(nam)	вам (vam)	їм 4, нїм 2, им 3 (jim, njim, im)		себе (sebe)
accusative	мнє, ме ‎(mnje, me)	тебе, це ‎(tebe, ce)	його 4, нього 2, ньго 2, го (joho, nʹoho, nʹho, ho)		ю, ню 2 ‎(ju, nju)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	їх 4, нїх 2, их 3 (jix, njix, ix)		себе (sebe)
instrumental 5	мну (mnu)	тобу ‎(tobu)	нїм (njim)		ню ‎(nju)		нами (nami)	вами ‎(vami)	нїма (njima)		собу ‎(sobu)
locative 5	мнє ‎(mnje)	тебе, це ‎(tebe, ce)	нїм / ньому (njim / n'omu)		нєй (njej)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	нїх (njix)		себе (sebe)
Used with reflexive verbs. The alternative forms with an initial н- (n-) in the third person are used after a preposition. The plural forms with an initial и- (i-) are unstressed. The forms with an initial й- (j-) or ї- (ji-) in the third person non-feminine dative/accusative cases are used at the beginning of the sentence and when they are stressed. The instrumental and locative cases are never used without a preposition.

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M. (1997), in Ramač, Ju., editor, Српско-русински речник [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbian), Vol. 2, Belgrade, Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 870