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The suffix is typically assimilated with the ending -ць (infinitive or personal endings), e.g. смяя́цца(smjajácca, “to laugh”), смяе́цца(smjajécca, “(he, she, it) laughs”), смяю́цца(smjajúcca, “(they) laugh”)
мы́вшаяся(mývšajasja, “having been washing herself”).
When affixed to an infinitive -ть(-tʹ) or the 3rd-person singular or plural -т(-t), it merges with the /tʲ/ or /t/ into the affricate /ts/ and palatalization is lost: .