есмь

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *esmь.

Verb

есмь • (esmĭ) ?

1. 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) (year 1175±20)
• єсмь (esmĭ) (year 1320±10)
• ѥсмь (jesmĭ) (year 1335±25)
• ѥсми (jesmi) (year 1370±10)

Etymology

First attested as есмь (esmĭ) in year 1104±29. From Proto-Slavic *esmь.

Verb

есмь (esmĭ)

1. first-person singular present of бꙑти (byti)

Further reading

• Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) “бꙑти”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎^[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 714
• “letter no. 525”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
• “letter no. 736”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024
• “letter no. 752”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *esmь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jesmʲ]

Verb

есмь • (jesmʹ)

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