-ся
See also: ся, сѧ, са, and -са
Russian
Alternative forms
- -сь (-sʹ) (after vowels)
Etymology
From Old East Slavic сѧ (sę), from Proto-Slavic *sę. It is considered the shortened form of себя́ (sebjá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sʲə]
- IPA(key): [sə] (after т or ть, see usage notes)
Suffix
-ся • (-sja)
- Reflexive suffix appended to finite verbs and infinitives to make a reflexive, reciprocal, intransitive or passive verb.
Usage notes
- After a vowel, -ся is usually contracted to -сь, except when attached to an adjectival participle:
- мы́ться (mýtʹsja, “to wash oneself”), мо́ется (mójetsja, “[he] washes himself”)
- мо́юсь (mójusʹ, “[I] wash myself”)
- мы́вшаяся (mývšajasja, “having been washing herself”).
- When affixed to an infinitive -ть (-tʹ) or the 3rd-person singular or plural -т (-t), it merges with the /tʲ/ or /t/ into the affricate /ts/ and palatalization is lost: [tsə].