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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *esmъ.
Verb
есмы • (esmy) (East Church Slavonic)
- first-person plural present of быти (byti)
1581, Ostrog Bible, Genesis 29.4:Рече ж́е и҆мъ і҆а́ковъ бра́тїѧ ѿкꙋ́дꙋ е҆сте в̂ы. сїи҆̀ же рѣша ѿ хара́на е҆смы̀- Reče ž́e i҆mŭ i҆ákovŭ brátię otŭkúdu e҆ste v̂y. sii҆̀ že rěša otŭ xarána e҆smỳ
- And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *esmъ.
Pronunciation
Verb
есмы́ • (jesmý)
- (obsolete) first-person plural present indicative imperfective of быть (bytʹ); (we) are
1938, Semyon Frank, Непостижимое [The Unfathomable]:Са́мое знако́мое, то, что со всех сторо́н окружа́ет и проника́ет нас, то, в чём мы живём, дви́жемся и есмы́, ― реа́льность как такова́я ― совпада́ет с непостижи́мым.- Sámoje znakómoje, to, što so vsex storón okružájet i pronikájet nas, to, v čom my živjóm, dvížemsja i jesmý, ― reálʹnostʹ kak takovája ― sovpadájet s nepostižímym.
- The most familiar things, that surrounds and penetrates us from all sides, and in which we live and move and are, the reality as such, coincides with the Unfathomable.