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 Novgorodian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

есмь (esmĭ)

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

References

  1. ^ letter no. 682”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
  2. ^ letter no. 296”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
  3. ^ letter no. 53”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
  4. ^ letter no. 4”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
  5. ^ letter no. 140”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
  6. ^ letter no. 358”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
  7. ^ letter no. 578”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
  8. ^ letter no. 23”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎ (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024

Further reading

  • Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) 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)

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