-сь
Russian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editSuffix
edit-сь • (-sʹ)
- contraction of -ся (-sja) (reflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and infinitives to make a reflexive, reciprocal, or intransitive verb)
Usage notes
edit- After a vowel, -ся is usually contracted to -сь, except when attached to an adverbial participle:
Etymology 2
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *sь (“this”). Doublet of сий (sij), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic. See also сей (sej), the inherited independent form.
Suffix
edit-сь • (-sʹ)
- this, last (found in a few, mostly obsolete or dialectal, terms referring to time)
- лони́ (loní, “year”) (dialectal) + -сь (-sʹ) → лони́сь (lonísʹ, “last year”) (dialectal)
- вчера́ (včerá, “yesterday”) + -сь (-sʹ) → вчера́сь (včerásʹ, “yesterday”) (colloquial)
- дне- (dne-, “day”) + -сь (-sʹ) → днесь (dnesʹ, “now”) (obsolete)
- ле́то (léto, “year, summer”) + -сь (-sʹ) → ле́тось (létosʹ, “last year, last summer”) (low colloquial)
Ukrainian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old East Slavic си (si), from Proto-Slavic *si.
Pronunciation
editParticle
edit-сь • (-sʹ)
- Appended to relative/interrogative pronouns to form indefinite pronouns
Derived terms
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