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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *esmь.
Verb
есмь • (esmĭ) ?
- first-person singular present of бꙑти (byti, “to be”); (I) am
- Antonym: нѣсмь (něsmĭ, “I am not”)
Conjugation
Old Novgorodian
Alternative forms
- есьмь (esĭmĭ) (year 1175±20)
- єсмь (esmĭ) (year 1320±10)
- ѥсмь (jesmĭ) (year 1335±25)
- ѥсми (jesmi) (year 1370±10)
Etymology
First attested as есмь (esmĭ) in year 1104±29. From Proto-Slavic *esmь.
Verb
есмь (esmĭ)
- first-person singular present of бꙑти (byti)
References
- ^ “letter no. 682”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
- ^ “letter no. 296”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
- ^ “letter no. 53”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
- ^ “letter no. 4”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
- ^ “letter no. 140”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
- ^ “letter no. 358”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
- ^ “letter no. 578”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
- ^ “letter no. 23”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
Further reading
- Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “бꙑти”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 714
- “letter no. 525”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
- “letter no. 736”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
- “letter no. 752”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *esmь.
Pronunciation
Verb
есмь • (jesmʹ)
- (obsolete) first-person singular present indicative imperfective of быть (bytʹ); (I) am