несмо

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Standard Bosnian, Standard Croatian, Standard Serbian) ни́смо
(Standard Montenegrin) нијѐсмо
(historical, regional) није́смо

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ne + *esmъ, first-person plural present tense form of *byti. This formation later created *ne jesmъ in the South Slavic vernaculars, which merged to become něsmo (attested in 1395). Because of the yat reflex, něsmo became rendered as несмо in Ekavian speeches.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /něːsmo/
Hyphenation: не‧смо

Verb

не́смо (Latin spelling nésmo)

(regional, chiefly Serbia) negative first-person plural present of бити

References

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