-с• (-s)
- Form of-іс(-ıs) after a vowel.
- Form of-ер(-er) after-ме(-me) negative suffix.
Perhaps related toEstonian-sse,Livonian-zõ(“[illative suffix]”), e.g.,mōzõ.
-с• (-s)
- illative suffix
- V. I. Ščankina (2011)Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk,→ISBN
пряда/пряс (доверху)- präda/prä s (doverxu)
- to the top (to the top [in Russian])
-с• (-s)
- Forms the plural form ofnouns.
-с• (-s)
- Formsnouns from nouns and verbs, sometimes with no apparent change of meaning.
An abbreviated form ofсу́дарь(súdarʹ,“sir”),суда́рыня(sudárynja,“ma'am”).
-с• (-s)
- (obsolete) a Russian suffix that was formerly used to emphasize the speaker’s politeness or servility before a person of higher social status, created as an abbreviation ofсу́дарь(súdarʹ)/суда́рыня(sudárynja) (sir,ma'am).
- да-с ―da-s ―yes, milord (or milady)
- так-с ―tak-s ―yes, sir (or ma'am)
- слу́шаю-с ―slúšaju-s ―at your service, milord (or milady)
- The suffix can be attached to various parts of speech, usually at the end of a sentence, usually only once.
- In the pre-reform Russian it was spelled "-съ", see "словое́рс(slovojérs)".
- The suffix was common in speech in the early and mid-19th century, but over the course of the late 19th century it went out of fashion, acquiring an undertone of servility, self-deprecation, and sometimes irony. By the 20th century, it was seen as an archaism, used either ironically or as a conscious marker of traditionalism in educated speech. In modern Russian, it's very rare, and is used for emphasis in a humorous, ironic, or sarcastic way.
