Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

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

Determiner

*sь

1. this

Declension

Declension of *sь

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sь	*sa	*se
Accusative	*sь	*sǫ	*se
Genitive	*sego	*seję̇	*sego
Locative	*semь	*seji	*semь
Dative	*semu	*seji	*semu
Instrumental	*simь	*sejǫ	*simь
Dual	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sa	*si	*si
Accusative	*sa	*si	*si
Genitive	*seju	*seju	*seju
Locative	*seju	*seju	*seju
Dative	*sima	*sima	*sima
Instrumental	*sima	*sima	*sima
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*si	*sę̇	*sa
Accusative	*sę̇	*sę̇	*sa
Genitive	*sixъ	*sixъ	*sixъ
Locative	*sixъ	*sixъ	*sixъ
Dative	*simъ	*simъ	*simъ
Instrumental	*simi	*simi	*simi

See also

• *jь, *čьjь, *jьnъ, *kъjь, *onъ, *ovъ, *sь, *tъ, *vьśь
• *jakъ, *jьnakъ, *kakъ, *onakъ, *ovakъ, *sicь, *takъ, *vьśakъ
• *koterъ, *eterъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сь (sĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: сь (sʹ)
      • Belarusian: -сь (-sʹ)
      • Ukrainian: -сь (-sʹ)
    • Old Ruthenian: сей (sej)
      • Ukrainian: сей (sej) (archaic)
        • Ukrainian: цей (cej)
    • Russian: сей (sej) (archaic)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Old Cyrillic script: сь (sĭ)
    • Glagolitic script: ⱄⱐ (sĭ)
  • Bulgarian: сей (sej) (obsolete), сой (soj), соз (soz), сози (sozi) (dialectal) (Rup dialects)
  • Slovene: sej (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: sen
  • Old Polish: si
  • ⇒ Old Polish: -ś
    • Polish: -ś
    • Silesian: -ś
  • Pannonian Rusyn: -ш (-š), -шка (-ška), -шик (-šik)
  • Polish: siego (genitive, only found in some set phrases like do siego roku)
  • Polabian: sǫ

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сей”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress