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Deferential Particle -с (sudar')
sir (deferential suffix)
also: -с, сударь
A deferential particle appended by lower-class speakers to nearly every clause when addressing social betters, rendered in translation as a repeated "sir."
Reading notes
- Little Brother §12 sir
The deferential particle -с (French-derived "-s," from sudar', "sir"), appended by the servant to nearly every clause -- a marker of a lower-class speaker's exaggerated politeness to his social betters.
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