сь

See also: съ and -сь

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• ⱄⱐ (sĭ) — Glagolitic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śís, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís.

Pronoun

сь • (sĭ)

1. this
2. he

Declension

Declension of сь

Singular	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	сь sĭ	се se	си si
Accusative	сь sĭ	се se	сиѭ sijǫ
Genitive	сего sego	сего sego	сеѩ seję
Locative	семь semĭ	семь semĭ	сеи sei
Dative	семоу semu	семоу semu	сеи sei
Instrumental	симь simĭ	симь simĭ	сеѭ sejǫ

Dual	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	сиꙗ sija	си si	си si
Accusative	сиꙗ sija	си si	си si
Genitive	сею seju	сею seju	сею seju
Locative	сею seju	сею seju	сею seju
Dative	сима sima	сима sima	сима sima
Instrumental	сима sima	сима sima	сима sima

Plural	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	сии sii	си si	сиѩ siję
Accusative	сиꙗ sija	си si	сиѩ siję
Genitive	сихъ sixŭ	сихъ sixŭ	сихъ sixŭ
Locative	сихъ sixŭ	сихъ sixŭ	сихъ sixŭ
Dative	симъ simŭ	симъ simŭ	симъ simŭ
Instrumental	сими simi	сими simi	сими simi

See also

• и (i)
• онъ (onŭ)
• тъ (tŭ)
• овъ (ovŭ)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sь. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic сь (sĭ) and Old Polish si.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪ/→/ˈsʲɪ/→/ˈsʲɛ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈsʲɪ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈsʲɛ/

• IPA^(key): /sɪ/→/sʲɪ/→/sʲ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /sɪ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /sʲɪ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /sʲ/

• Hyphenation: сь

Determiner

сь (sĭ)

1. this

Declension

Short declension of сь (irregular)

	Singular			Dual			Plural
	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	сь sĭ	се se	си si	сиꙗ sija	сии sii		сии sii	си si	сиѣ sijě
Genitive	сего sego		сеѣ sejě	сею seju		сею seju	сихъ sixŭ		сихъ sixŭ
Dative	сему semu		сеи sei	сима sima		сима sima	симъ simŭ		симъ simŭ
Accusative	сь sĭ	се se	сѭ sjǫ	сиꙗ sija	сии sii		сиѣ sijě	си si	сиѣ sijě
Instrumental	симь simĭ		сеѭ sejǫ	сима sima		сима sima	сими simi		сими simi
Locative	семь semĭ		сеи sei	сею seju		сею seju	сихъ sixŭ		сихъ sixŭ

Long declension of сь (irregular)

	Singular			Dual			Plural
	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	сии sii	се se	сиꙗ sija	сиꙗ sija	сии sii		сии sii	си si	сиѣ sijě
Genitive	сего sego		сеѣ sejě	сею seju		сею seju	сихъ sixŭ		сихъ sixŭ
Dative	сему semu		сеи sei	сима sima		сима sima	симъ simŭ		симъ simŭ
Accusative	сии sii	се se	сѭѭ sjǫjǫ	сиꙗ sija	сии sii		сиѣ sijě	си si	сиѣ sijě
Instrumental	симь simĭ		сеѭ sejǫ	сима sima		сима sima	сими simi		сими simi
Locative	семь semĭ		сеи sei	сею seju		сею seju	сихъ sixŭ		сихъ sixŭ

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: сь (sʹ), сей (sej)
  • Belarusian: -сь (-sʹ)
  • Ukrainian: -сь (-sʹ), (archaic) сей (sej)
• Russian: сей (sej) (archaic)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “сии”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 343