есмы

See also: есмꙑ

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic есмъ (jesmŭ), from Proto-Slavic *esmъ, verb form of *byti. Akin to Old Church Slavonic есмъ (esmŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪsˈmɨ]

Verb

есмы́ • (jesmý)

  1. (archaic, chiefly obsolete) first-person plural present indicative imperfective of быть (bytʹ); (we) are
    • 1938, Semyon Frank, Непостижимое [The Unfathomable]:
      Са́мое знако́мое, то, что со всех сторо́н окружа́ет и проника́ет нас, то, в чём мы живём, дви́жемся и есмы́, ― реа́льность как такова́я ― совпада́ет с непостижи́мым.
      Sámoje znakómoje, to, što so vsex storón okružájet i pronikájet nas, to, v čom my živjóm, dvížemsja i jesmý, ― reálʹnostʹ kak takovája ― sovpadájet s nepostižímym.
      The most familiar things, that surrounds and penetrates us from all sides, and in which we live and move and are, the reality as such, coincides with the Unfathomable.
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