есмь
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
- Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year)document № 682
- Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year)document № 296
- Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year)document № 53
- Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year)document № 4
- Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year)document № 140
- Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year)document № 358
- Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year)document № 578
- Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year)document № 23
Further reading
- Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), “бꙑти”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (Studia philologica) (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 714 of 872
- Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year)document № 525
- Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year)document № 736
- Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year)document № 752
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