ся

ся • (sja)

1. Alternative spelling of с'я (s'ja)

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.

From Proto-Mordvinic *śe, from Proto-Uralic *śe (“it”). Cognates include Erzya се (śe), Finnish se, Estonian see.^[1]

IPA^(key): /sʲæ/

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ся • (śa)

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

     ся и тона

     śa i tona

     that and the other

     сяда меле

     śada meľe

     after that

     сянкса, сянкса штоба, сянь кувалма

     śanksa , śanksa štoba, śań kuvalma

     because of that, as a consequence (of that)

     сяс мес

     śas mes

     because

     сяс, сянкса

     śas , śanksa

     therefore

     эста, ся пингть

     esta, śa pingť

     at that time (lit. "of that time")

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

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

• IPA^(key): [sʲa]

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ся • (sja)

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sę. Cognate Polish się.

• IPA^(key): [sʲa]

ся • (sja)

1. (poetic), (old Ukrainian) reflexive pronoun; oneself, self