ся

See also: сѧ, са, -ся, and -са

Moksha

Etymology

Of Proto-Uralic origin. Cognates include Erzya се (śe), Finnish se, Estonian see.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sʲæ/

Pronoun

ся • (śa)

1. (demonstrative) that
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     тот и другой — ся и тона

     tot i drugoj — śa i tona

     that and the other [in Russian] — that and the other

     сяда меле (потом)

     śada meľe (potom)

     after that (after (that) [in Russian])

     сянкса, сянкса штоба, сянь кувалма (с той целью)

     śanksa , śanksa štoba, śań kuvalma (s toj ćeľju)

     because of that, as a consequence (of that) (with the aim/objective of [in Russian])

     ибо — сяс мес

     ibo — śas mes

     because [in Russian] — because

     оттого — сяс, сянкса

     ottogo — śas , śanksa

     therefore [in Russian] — therefore

     в ту пору — эста, ся пингть

     v tu poru — esta, śa pingť

     at that time [in Russian] — at that time (lit. "of that time")

Declension

Indefinite declension of ся

	singular	plural
nominative	ся (śa)	сят (śat)
genitive	сянь (śań)	сятнень (śatńeń)
dative	сянди (śanďi)	сятненди (śatńenďi)
ablative	сяда (śada)	—
inessive	—	—
elative	—	—
illative	сяс (śas)	—
prolative	—	—
comparative	сяшка (śaška)	—
translative	—	—
abessive	сяфтома (śaftoma)	—
causative	сянкса (śanksa)	—

Derived terms

• сяда (śada)
• сяс (śas)
• сянкса (śanksa)

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Russian

Etymology

Contracted from себя́ (sebjá) and probably not a direct descendant of Proto-Slavic *sę (whence -ся (-sja)) or Old Church Slavonic сѧ (sę).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲa]

• Audio:

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Pronoun

ся • (sja)

1. (colloquial) Contraction of себя́ (sebjá).