есмꙑ
See also: есмы
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *esmъ.
Verb
есмꙑ • (esmy) (East Church Slavonic)
- 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.