concept
The "-s" deferential clitic
-s honorific
also: -с, сударь
A clipped deferential suffix (from сударь, "sir/madam") that servants and social inferiors attached to short replies when addressing a superior; rendered in English as an added "sir" or "madam."
Reading notes
- In the Drawing Room §13 sir
Renders the servant's deferential clitic "-с" (from сударь, "sir/madam"), attached to short answers when addressing a social superior -- a marker of Vasily's and Nastya's subordinate status in the household.
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