-с
Moksha edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps related to Estonian -sse, Livonian -zõ (“[illative suffix]”), e.g., mōzõ.
Suffix edit
-с • (-s)
- illative suffix
Derived terms edit
Mongolian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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᠊ᠰ (-s) | -с (-s) |
Suffix edit
-с • (-s)
- Forms the plural form of nouns.
Etymology 2 edit
Mongolian | Cyrillic |
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᠊ᠰᠤᠨ (-sun) | -с (-s) |
Suffix edit
-с • (-s)
- Forms nouns from nouns and verbs, sometimes with no apparent change of meaning.
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- -съ (-s) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology edit
An abbreviated form of су́дарь (súdarʹ, “sir”), суда́рыня (sudárynja, “ma'am”).
Suffix edit
-с • (-s)
- (obsolete) sir, ma'am (an honorific Russian suffix that was formerly used to emphasize the speaker’s politeness or servility before a person of higher social status).
Usage notes edit
- The suffix can be attached to various parts of speech, usually at the end of a sentence, usually only once.
- The suffix was common in speech in the early and mid-19th century, but over the course of the late 19th century it went out of fashion, acquiring an undertone of servility, self-deprecation, and sometimes irony. By the 20th century, it was seen as an archaism, used either ironically or as a conscious marker of traditionalism in educated speech. In modern Russian, it's very rare, and is used for emphasis in a humorous, ironic, or sarcastic way.
Related terms edit
- словое́рс (slovojérs)