сь

See also: съ and -сь

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śís, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís.

Pronoun

сь • (sĭ)

1. this
2. he

Declension

Declension of сь

Singular	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	сь sĭ	се se	си si
Accusative	сь sĭ	се se	сиѭ sijǫ
Genitive	сего sego	сего sego	сеѩ seję
Locative	семь semĭ	семь semĭ	сеи sei
Dative	семоу semu	семоу semu	сеи sei
Instrumental	симь simĭ	симь simĭ	сеѭ sejǫ

Dual	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	сиꙗ sija	си si	си si
Accusative	сиꙗ sija	си si	си si
Genitive	сею seju	сею seju	сею seju
Locative	сею seju	сею seju	сею seju
Dative	сима sima	сима sima	сима sima
Instrumental	сима sima	сима sima	сима sima

Plural	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	сии sii	си si	сиѩ siję
Accusative	сиꙗ sija	си si	сиѩ siję
Genitive	сихъ sixŭ	сихъ sixŭ	сихъ sixŭ
Locative	сихъ sixŭ	сихъ sixŭ	сихъ sixŭ
Dative	симъ simŭ	симъ simŭ	симъ simŭ
Instrumental	сими simi	сими simi	сими simi

See also

• и (i)
• онъ (onŭ)
• тъ (tŭ)
• овъ (ovŭ)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sь. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic сь (sĭ) and Old Polish si.

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈsʲɪ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈsʲɛ/
• Hyphenation: сь

Determiner

сь (sĭ)

1. this

Pronoun

сь (sĭ)

1. this

Declension

Short declension of сь (soft o/a stem)

	Singular			Dual			Plural
	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	сь sĭ	се se	сꙗ sja	сꙗ sja	си si		си si	сꙗ sja	сѣ sě
Genitive	сꙗ sja		сѣ sě	сю sju		сю sju	сь sĭ		сь sĭ
Dative	сю sju		си si	сема sema		сꙗма sjama	семъ semŭ		сꙗмъ sjamŭ
Accusative	сь sĭ	се se	сѭ sjǫ	сꙗ sja	си si		сѣ sě	сꙗ sja	сѣ sě
Instrumental	сьмь sĭmĭ		сеѭ sejǫ	сема sema		сꙗма sjama	си si		сꙗми sjami
Locative	си si		си si	сю sju		сю sju	сихъ sixŭ		сꙗхъ sjaxŭ

Long declension of сь (soft o/a stem)

	Singular			Dual			Plural
	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	сии sii	сее see	сꙗꙗ sjaja	сꙗꙗ sjaja	сии sii		сии sii	сꙗꙗ sjaja	сѣѣ sěě
Genitive	сего sego		сѣѣ sěě	сюю sjuju		сюю sjuju	сиихъ siixŭ		сиихъ siixŭ
Dative	сему semu		сеи sei	сиима siima		сиима siima	сиимъ siimŭ		сиимъ siimŭ
Accusative	сии sii	сее see	сѭѭ sjǫjǫ	сꙗꙗ sjaja	сии sii		сѣѣ sěě	сꙗꙗ sjaja	сѣѣ sěě
Instrumental	сиимь siimĭ		сеѭ sejǫ	сиима siima		сиима siima	сиими siimi		сиими siimi
Locative	семь semĭ		сеи sei	сюю sjuju		сюю sjuju	сиихъ siixŭ		сиихъ siixŭ

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: сей (sej)
  • Ukrainian: сей (sej) (archaic)
• Russian: сей (sej) (archaic)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “сии”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 343