ся

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

IPA^(key): /sʲæ/

ся • (sja)

1. (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 — sja i tona

     that and the other [in Russian] — that and the other

     сяда меле (потом)

     sjada mele (potom)

     after that (after (that) [in Russian])

     сянкса, сянкса штоба, сянь кувалма (с той целью)

     sjanksa, sjanksa štoba, sjanʹ kuvalma (s toj celʹju)

     because of that, as a consequence (of that) (with the aim/objective of [in Russian])

     ибо — сяс мес

     ibo — sjas mes

     because [in Russian] — because

     оттого — сяс, сянкса

     ottogo — sjas, sjanksa

     therefore [in Russian] — therefore

     в ту пору — эста, ся пингть

     v tu poru — esta, sja pingtʹ

     at that time [in Russian] — at that time (lit. "of that time")

• сяда (sjada)
• сяс (sjas)
• сянкса (sjanksa)

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).