s'

• së

Short for së (“not”) (not to be confused with adjectival article së and conjunction se (“that (as), when”)). This is in turn from Proto-Albanian *tśe, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíd (“that (relative)”)^[1]

• IPA^(key): /s/, (before voiced consonants) /z/

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s'

1. negates the meaning of the modified verb: not, don't

   Synonym: nuk

   Unë di. - Unë s'di.

   I know. - I don't know.

   Jam, s'jam. Je, s'je.

   I am, I'm not. You are, you aren't.

• mos

s'

1. Apocopic form of se before a vowel

s’

1. Contraction of es.

• s' is the elided (elida) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with a vowel.

s'

1. Prevocalic clipping of se

s'

1. Prevocalic clipping of sè

• IPA^(key): /s‿/

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s’

1. Elision of si (“if”) before il or ils.

   S’il vous plaît ― Please / Here you are.

   S’il te plaît. ― Please / Here you are.

   Je ne sais pas s’ils viendront demain.

   I don’t know if they will come tomorrow.

s’ (third person)

1. Elision of se before a word beginning with a vowel.

   Il s’habille. ― He’s dressing (himself).

   Il s’aime. ― He loves himself.

   Ils s’aiment.

   They love themselves. / They love each other.

2. (informal) Elision of se before a word beginning with a consonant.

   Y s’bouge le cul ou quoi? ― Is he movin’ his ass or what?

• “s'”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

s' (apocopated)

1. (before a vowel) Apocopic form of si

• Commonly elides before a vowel, especially i and e.

• s- (used before a vowel)
• sh- (used before front vowels)

From Old Irish is.

s'

1. Present/future copula form

   S'mie lhiam shillishyn.

   I am fond of cherries.

   Shegin dooin goll dy chaggey.

   We have to go to war.

   my saillt ― please (said to one person)

2. Used to introduce the comparative/superlative form of adjectives

   V'ee yn inneen s'bwaaee 'sy theihll.

   She was the prettiest girl in the world.

   fer s'gilley jeh mooinjey y vadran ― the brightest of the sons of the morning

Only used with adjectives. When nouns are equated with each other, use she.

s’

1. (before a vowel) Apocopic form of se

Old French se < Latin sē.

s'

1. third-person singular reflexive pronoun; oneself

   s'rêjoui ― to enjoy oneself

s'

1. his; her; its (elided form of son or sa before a word starting with a vowel)

   s'oreille ― his ear

s'

1. Apocopic form of se (“if”)
   • 1920, Olindo Guerrini, edited by Zanichelli, Sonetti romagnoli, published 1967:

     S'aví pazenzia d' lezer ste librett E ch'a sbrucheva i virs in rumagnol A i truvarí zinquanta e piò sunett Ch'av gudrí ch'a farí dal scapariol.

     If [you] are patient to read this book and you (can) understand the poetry in Romagnol you will find more than fifty sonnets that will entertain you more than tumbling.

s' m or f (Logudorese, Campidanese, Nuorese)

1. Apocopic form of su, used before a vowel: the (masculine singular definite article)
2. Apocopic form of sa, used before a vowel: the (feminine singular definite article)

s'

1. Apocopic form of si, used before a vowel