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есмь

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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

See бꙑти

Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

есьмь (esĭmĭ)^[1]^[2] (year 1175±20)
єсмь (esmĭ)^[3] (year 1320±10)
ѥсмь (jesmĭ)^[4]^[5]^[6] (year 1335±25)
ѥсми (jesmi)^[7]^[8] (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]‎^[1][2] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
^ “letter no. 296”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[3][4] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
^ “letter no. 53”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[5][6] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
^ “letter no. 4”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[7][8] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
^ “letter no. 140”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[9][10] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
^ “letter no. 358”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[11][12] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
^ “letter no. 578”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[13][14] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
^ “letter no. 23”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[15][16] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024

Further reading

Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎^[17] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 714
“letter no. 525”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[18][19] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
“letter no. 736”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[20][21] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
“letter no. 752”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[22][23] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *esmь.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [jesmʲ]

Verb

есмь • (jesmʹ)

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

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