есмꙑ

See also: есмы

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *esmъ.

Verb

есмꙑ • (esmy) (East Church Slavonic)

  1. first-person plural present of бꙑти (byti)
    • 1581, Ostrog Bible, Genesis 29.4:
      Рече ж́е и҆мъ і҆а́ковъ бра́тїѧ ѿкꙋ́дꙋ е҆сте в̂ы. сїи҆̀ же рѣша ѿ хара́на е҆смы̀
      Reče ž́e imŭ iákovŭ brátiję otŭkúdu este v̂y. siì že rěša otŭ xarána esmỳ
      And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.