сѧ

See also: са, ся, -ся, and -са

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• Glagolitic: ⱄⱔ (sę)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sen, from Proto-Indo-European *swé.

Pronoun

сѧ • (sę)

1. self, oneself

Declension

Old Church Slavonic personal pronouns

Singular	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	азъ (azŭ)	тꙑ (ty)	—
Accusative	мѧ (mę)	тѧ (tę)	сѧ (sę)
Genitive	мене (mene)	тебе (tebe)	себе (sebe)
Locative	мьнѣ (mĭně)	тебѣ (tebě)	себѣ (sebě)
Dative	мьнѣ (mĭně), ми (mi)	тебѣ (tebě), ти (ti)	себѣ (sebě), си (si)
Instrumental	мъноѭ (mŭnojǫ)	тобоѭ (tobojǫ)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	мои (moi)	твои (tvoi)	свои (svoi)
Dual	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	вѣ (vě)	ва (va)	—
Accusative	на (na)	ва (va)	сѧ (sę)
Genitive	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	себе (sebe)
Locative	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	себѣ (sebě)
Dative	нама (nama), на (na)	вама (vama), ва (va)	себѣ (sebě), си (si)
Instrumental	нама (nama)	вама (vama)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)
Plural	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	мꙑ (my)	вꙑ (vy)	—
Accusative	нꙑ (ny)	вꙑ (vy)	сѧ (sę)
Genitive	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	себе (sebe)
Locative	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	себѣ (sebě)
Dative	намъ (namŭ), нꙑ (ny)	вамъ (vamŭ), вꙑ (vy)	себѣ (sebě), си (si)
Instrumental	нами (nami)	вами (vami)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• себе (sebe)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃/→/sʲa/→/sʲa/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /sɛ̃/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /sʲa/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /sʲa/

Pronoun

сѧ (sę)

1. Alternative form of себе (sebe)

Declension

Declension of Old East Slavic personal pronouns

Singular	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	ꙗзъ (jazŭ), ꙗ (ja), азъ (azŭ)	тꙑ (ty)	—
Accusative	мене (mene), мѧ (mę)	тебе (tebe), тѧ (tę)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	мене (mene)	тебе (tebe)	себе (sebe)
Locative	мънѣ (mŭně)	тобѣ (tobě)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	мънѣ (mŭně), ми (mi)	тобѣ (tobě), ти (ti)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	мъноѭ (mŭnojǫ)	тобоѭ (tobojǫ)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	мои (moi)	твои (tvoi)	свои (svoi)
Dual	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	вѣ (vě)	вꙑ (vy)	—
Accusative	на (na)	ва (va)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	себе (sebe)
Locative	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	нама (nama)	вама (vama)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	нама (nama)	вама (vama)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)
Plural	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	мꙑ (my)	вꙑ (vy)	—
Accusative	насъ (nasŭ), нꙑ (ny)	васъ (vasŭ), вꙑ (vy)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	себе (sebe)
Locative	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	намъ (namŭ), нꙑ (ny)	вамъ (vamŭ), вꙑ (vy)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	нами (nami)	вами (vami)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: -сѧ (-sja), сѧ (sja)
  • Belarusian: -ся (-sja) (merges with final "-ць" into "-цца")
  • Ukrainian: -ся (-sja) (before consonants) / -сь (-sʹ) (before vowels, unless after most consonants), ся (sja) (poetic)
• Russian: -ся (-sja) (after consonants) / -сь (-sʹ) (after vowels)
• Old Novgorodian: сѧ (sę)