есь

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Verb

е́сь • (jésʹ)

  1. (archaic) second-person singular present indicative imperfective of быть (bytʹ); (you) are, (thou) art
    • 1784, Gavrila Derzhavin, Бог [The God]:
      Ты свет, откуда свет истёк.
      Создавый всe единым словом,
      В твореньи простираясь новом,
      Ты был, ты есь, ты будешь ввек!
      Ty svet, otkuda svet istyok.
      Sozdavyj vsyo jedinym slovom,
      v tvorenyi prostirajas' novom,
      Ty byl, ty jes' ty budesh' vvek.
      Thou art the light from where the light has come.
      Thou who created all with one thy word,
      spreading in new creation,
      Thou wast, thou art, thou wilt be forever.
    • 1880, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Братья Карамазовы [The Brothers Karamazov]:
      Ты хочешь побороть меня реализмом, уверить меня, что ты есь, но я не хочу верить, что ты есь! Не поверю!!
      Ty khóchesh' poborót' menyá realízmom, uvérit' menyá, chto ty jes', no ja ne khochú verit', chto ty jes'! Ne povéryu!!
      You want to overcome me with realism, to convince me that you are, but I don't want to believe you are! I won't believe it!!

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