nijesam

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Standard Bosnian, Standard Croatian, Standard Serbian) nísam
(regional, chiefly Serbia) nésam

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ne + *esmь, first-person singular present tense form of *byti. This formation later created *ne jesьmь in the South Slavic vernaculars, which merged to become něsьmь (attested in 1406). The term něsьmь eventually formed něsamь. Because of the yat reflex, něsamь became rendered as nijesam in Ijekavian speeches.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nijěːsam/, /nijěsam/
Hyphenation: ni‧je‧sam

Verb

nijésam

(historical, literary) negative first-person singular present of biti

nijèsam

(Montenegro) negative first-person singular present of biti

References

“nijesam”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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