/nǐːsam/
PodrijetloFrom 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 nisam in Ikavian speeches.
- Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, first-person, form-ofnegative first-person singular present of biti
Oblicinísam(canonical) · ни́сам(Cyrillic) · nijésam(alternative) · nésam(alternative)