-сь

See also: сь and съ

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲ]

Suffix

-сь • (-sʹ)

  1. contraction of -ся (-sja) (reflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and infinitives to make a reflexive, reciprocal, or intransitive verb)
Usage notes
  • After a vowel, -ся is usually contracted to -сь, except when attached to an adverbial participle:
    • мы́ться (mýtʹsja, to wash oneself), мо́ется (mójetsja, [she] washes herself)
    • мо́юсь (mójusʹ, [I] wash myself)
    • мы́вшаяся (mývšajasja, having been washing herself).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic * (this). Doublet of сий (sij), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic. See also сей (sej), the inherited independent form.

Suffix

-сь • (-sʹ)

  1. 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

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic си (si), from Old Ruthenian [Term?], from Proto-Slavic *si.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲ]
  • (file)

Particle

-сь • (-sʹ)

  1. Appended to relative/interrogative pronouns to form indefinite pronouns

Derived terms

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