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Serbo-Croatian
- (Standard Bosnian, Standard Croatian, Standard Serbian) ни́сте
- (regional, chiefly Serbia) не́сте
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ne + *este, second-person plural present tense form of *byti. This formation later created *ne jesmъ in the South Slavic vernaculars, which merged to become něste (attested in the 14th century). Because of the yat reflex, něste became rendered as нијесте in Ijekavian speeches.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nijěːste/, /nijěste/
- Hyphenation: ни‧је‧сте
Verb
није́сте, нијѐсте (Latin spelling nijéste, nijèste)
- (historical, literary) negative second-person plural present of бити
References
- “нијесте”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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