нѣстъ

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Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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не (ne) + естъ (estŭ)

Verb

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нѣстъ (něstŭ)

  1. third-person singular present negative of бꙑти (byti); does not, doesn't
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 181-184:
      аще бо земьнаѥго цѣсарꙗ врагомъ иже бѫдетъ дроугъ то нѣстъ и житию достоинъ нъ съ врагꙑ ѥго оумираѥтъ
      ašte bo zemĭnajego cěsarja vragomŭ iže bǫdetŭ drugŭ to něstŭ i žitiju dostoinŭ nŭ sŭ vragy jego umirajetŭ
      If a man who allies himself to the enemies of an earthly king does not even deserve to live, but is put to death along with them

Conjugation

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не бꙑти

singular dual plural
1st person нѣсмь (něsmĭ) нѣсвѣ (něsvě) нѣсмъ (něsmŭ)
2nd person нѣси (něsi) нѣста (něsta) нѣсте (něste)
3rd person нѣстъ (něstŭ) нѣсте (něste) не сѫтъ (ne sǫtŭ)