-ся

Takođe pogledajte: sя, sѧ, sa, i -sa

Russian

Alternative forms

• -sь (-sʹ) (after vowels)

Etymology

From Old East Slavic sѧ (sę), from Pra-Slovenski *sę. It is considered the shortened form of sebя́ (sebjá).

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): [sʲə]
• MFA^(ključ): [sə] (after t or tь, see usage notes)

Suffix

-sя (-sja)

1. Reflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and infinitives to make a reflexive, reciprocal, intransitive or passive verb.

Usage notes

• After a vowel, -sя is usually contracted to -sь, except when attached to an adjectival participle:
  • mы́tьsя (mýtʹsja, “to wash oneself”), móetsя (mójetsja, “[he] washes himself”)
  • móюsь (mójusʹ, “[I] wash myself”)
  • mы́všaяsя (mývšajasja, “having been washing herself”).
• When affixed to an infinitive -tь (-tʹ) or the 3rd-person singular or plural -t (-t), it merges with the /tʲ/ or /t/ into the affricate /ts/ and palatalization is lost: [tsə].