нијесте

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /nijěːste/, /nijěste/
  • Hyphenation: ни‧је‧сте

Verb

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није́сте, нијѐсте (Latin spelling nijéste, nijèste)

  1. (historical, literary) negative second-person plural present of бити

References

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