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Abkhaz
Prefix с- • (s- )
( possessive prefix ) my , mine
С абаԥсуа бызшәа бзиаӡаны идыруеит .S ab apswa bəzŝʷa bzjadzanə idərwejtʼ.My father knows the Abkhaz language very good. ( 1st person singular pronoun ) I , me
Есымша Гәдоуҭаҟа с цонEsəmŝa Gʷdowtaqʼa s con. ― I went everyday to Gudauta. C убеитcҟəардə уқәтәаны .C ubejtʼ, cqʼəardə ukʷtʷʼanə.You saw me, while you were sitting on my chair.
See also
Abkhaz personal pronouns
singular
plural
1st person
сара ( sara ) , с- ( s- ) , сы- ( sə- ) , з- ( z- )
ҳара ( ḥara ) , а- ( a- ) , ҳ- ( ḥ- ) , ҳа- ( ḥa- )
2nd person
m уара ( wara ) , у- ( u- )
шәара ( ŝʷara ) , шә- ( ŝʷ- ) , шәы- ( ŝʷə- ) , жә- ( ẑʷ- )
f бара ( bara ) , б- ( b- ) , бы- ( bə- )
3rd person
m иара ( jara ) , и- ( i- ) , д- ( d- ) , ды- ( də- )
дара ( dara ) , и- ( i- ) , р- ( r- ) , ры- ( rə- )
f лара ( lara ) , д- ( d- ) , л- ( l- ) , лы- ( lə- ) ,
n иара ( jara ) , а- ( a- ) , и- ( i- )
Russian
со- ( so- ) — before certain consonant clusters; also a separate prefix meaning "co-"
Etymology Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n)- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) /n/ persists in снять ( snjatʹ ) (originally a prefixed derivative of ять ( jatʹ , “ to take ” ) ), from which other words in -нять ( -njatʹ ) were produced by rebracketing . See also с ( s ) , Old East Slavic съ ( sŭ ) , and compare the analogous loss of -n- in в- ( v- ) .
Pronunciation IPA (key ) : ( before vowels and all consonants except those noted below ) IPA (key ) : ( before voiced obstruents except for в and ж ) IPA (key ) : ( before ж , where it forms a long consonant /ʐː/ , as in сжечь ( sžečʹ ) ) IPA (key ) : ( before ш , where it forms a long consonant /ʂː/ , as in сшить ( sšitʹ ) ) IPA (key ) : ( before ч and щ , where it forms a long consonant /ɕː/ , as in счита́ть ( sčitátʹ ) )
Prefix с- • (s- )
( with verbs ) ( describing an action moving from a single position or many positions into another single position )
с- ( s- ) + лить impf ( litʹ , “ to pour ” ) → слить pf ( slitʹ , “ to pour into one place ” ) ( with verbs ) down ( describing a downward action )
с- ( s- ) + ходи́ть ( xodítʹ , “ to go ” ) → сходи́ть ( sxodítʹ , “ to go down ” ) ( with verbs ) off , from off ( describing an action of removing oneself to another location ) added to nouns, forms adverbs with the approximate meaning "from the location of "
с- ( s- ) + верх ( verx , “ the top ” ) → све́рху ( svérxu , “ from above ” )
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
са- ( before affricates, fricatives and certain consonant clusters )
Prefix с- (Latin spelling s-
Prepended to verbs, usually forming a perfective from an imperfective verb.
с- + пу̀стити спу̀стити с- + зна̏ти са̀знати с- + ло̀мити сло̀мити с- + гле̏дати са̀гледати с- + ку̏пити ску̏пити с- + кло̀нити скло̀нити с- + на́ћи сна̑ћи
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References “с- Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Ukrainian
Etymology Derives from multiple Proto-Slavic *jьz- *sъ(n)- *vъz- з-
Prefix с- • (s- )
alternative form of з- ( z- ) used before: к, ф, п, т, х:
attached to imperfective verbs to form the perfective aspect
с- ( s- ) + пита́ти impf ( pytáty , “ to ask, to inquire ” ) → спита́ти pf ( spytáty ) с- ( s- ) + фальсифікува́ти impf ( falʹsyfikuváty , “ to forge, to feign ” ) → сфальсифікува́ти pf ( sfalʹsyfikuváty ) с- ( s- ) + хапа́ти impf ( xapáty , “ to grab, to catch ” ) → схопи́ти pf ( sxopýty ) с- ( s- ) + твори́ти impf ( tvorýty , “ to make, to create ” ) → створи́ти pf ( stvorýty ) с- ( s- ) + каза́ти impf ( kazáty , “ to say, to tell ” ) → сказа́ти pf ( skazáty ) forms verbs suggesting bringing together or out, literally or abstractly
с- ( s- ) + тягти́ impf ( tjahtý , “ to pull ” ) → стягти́ pf ( stjahtý , “ to pull together, to gather in a place ” ) с- ( s- ) + трима́ти impf ( trymáty , “ to hold ” ) → стри́мати pf ( strýmaty , “ to hold in one place, to fend off ” ) indicates suddenness or abruptness
с- ( s- ) + кри́кнути pf ( krýknuty , “ to shout out , to cry out ” ) → скри́кнути pf ( skrýknuty , “ to shout out suddenly and abruptly ” ) re- , back
с- ( s- ) + помина́ти impf ( pomynáty , “ to commemorate , to mention ” ) → спомина́ти impf ( spomynáty , “ to recall ” ) с- ( s- ) + пам'ята́ти impf ( pamʺjatáty , “ to remember ” ) → спам'ята́ти pf ( spamʺjatáty , “ to recall ” ) off , off from ( indicates removal or extraction from somewhere )
с- ( s- ) + писа́ти impf ( pysáty , “ to write ” ) → списа́ти pf ( spysáty , “ to copy , to plagiarize ” ) ( used to form adverbs from adjectives ) с- ( s- ) + прости́й ( prostýj , “ simple , straightforward , sincere ” ) → спро́ста́ ( spróstá , “ for no reason , naively , easily ” ) с- ( s- ) + по́вний ( póvnyj , “ full ” ) → спо́вна́ ( spóvná , “ fully ” ) ( used to form prefixes ) с- ( s- ) + пів ( piv , “ half ” ) → спів- ( spiv- , “ co- ” )
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