есмы

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *esmъ.

Verb

есмы (esmy) (East Church Slavonic)

  1. 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)

  1. (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.