есмь

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *esmь.

Verb

есмь • (esmĭ) ?

  1. first-person singular present of бꙑти (byti, “to be”); (I) am
    Antonym: нѣсмь (něsmĭ, “I am not”)

Conjugation

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *esmь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *esmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛsmɪ/→/ˈjɛsmʲɪ/→/ˈjɛːsmʲ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjɛsmɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjɛsmʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjɛːsmʲ/

Verb

есмь (jesmĭ)

  1. first-person singular present indicative of бꙑти (byti); (I) am

Descendants

  • Russian: есмь (jesmʹ)
  • Ukrainian: єсьм (jesʹm)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: єм (jem)

Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested as есмь (jesmĭ) in year 1104±29. From Proto-Slavic *esmь.

Verb

есмь • (jesmĭ)

  1. first-person singular present of бꙑти (byti)

References

  1. ^ “letter no. 682]”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты ‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
  2. ^ “letter no. 296]”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты ‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
  3. ^ “letter no. 53]”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты ‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
  4. ^ “letter no. 4]”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты ‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
  5. ^ “letter no. 140]”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты ‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
  6. ^ “letter no. 358]”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты ‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
  7. ^ “letter no. 578]”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты ‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
  8. ^ “letter no. 23]”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты ‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025

Further reading

  • Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект ‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 714
  • “letter no. 525]”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты ‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
  • “letter no. 736]”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты ‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
  • “letter no. 752]”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты ‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic есмь (jesmĭ), from Proto-Slavic *esmь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *esmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi.

Pronunciation

Verb

есмь • (jesmʹ)

  1. (obsolete) first-person singular present indicative imperfective of быть (bytʹ); (I) am
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