ся

See also: сѧ, са, -ся, and -са

Bulgarian

Adverb

Alternative spelling of с'я (s'ja)

Usage notes

Spelling contracted words without the apostrophe is non-standard, but is actually the more common way to spell them colloquially, especially so on the internet. Since с'я is itself colloquial, it is rare to see it written with an apostrophe.

Moksha

Etymology

Of Proto-Uralic origin. Cognates include Erzya се (śe), Finnish se, Estonian see.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sʲæ/

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Pronoun

ся • (śa)

(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 (śaťńeń)
dative	сянди (śańďi)	сятненди (śaťńeńďi)
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)

References

^ “see”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

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: (file)

Pronoun

ся • (sja)

(colloquial) Contraction of себя́ (sebjá).

[1] “see”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

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