nismo

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

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 nismo in Ikavian speeches.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nǐːsmo/
  • Hyphenation: ni‧smo

Verb

nísmo (Cyrillic spelling ни́смо)

  1. (Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia) negative first-person plural present of biti

References

  • “nismo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nìːsmɔ/

Verb

nísmo

  1. negative first-person plural present of bíti
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