εἰμί
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- To be, exist; (of persons) live
- (copular) To be
- (third person) it is possible
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *ehmi inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (I am, I exist, am), *h₁es- (be, exist).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁es-
Gloss
be, exist
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abessive English
- am English
- amn't English
- essive English
- suttee English
- absens Latin
- absum Latin
- adsum Latin
- civis romanus sum Latin
- desum Latin
- esse Latin
- essentia Latin
- insum Latin
- interesse Latin
- intersum Latin
- obsum Latin
- posse, possum Latin
- possibilis Latin
- possum Latin
- potens, potentis Latin
- potentia Latin
- potentialis Latin
- praesum Latin
- prosum Latin
- quinta essentia Latin
- stātus Latin
- subsum Latin
- sum Latin
- supersum Latin
- suum Latin
- suus, suum Latin
- esserino Italian
- riessere Italian
- sono Italian
- seigo Spanish, Castilian
- soy Spanish, Castilian
- Εὐνίκη Ancient Greek
- Εὔβοια Ancient Greek
- εὐ- Ancient Greek
- εὐαγγέλιον Ancient Greek
- εὐαγγελίζω Ancient Greek
- εὐδαιμονία Ancient Greek
- εὐδοκέω Ancient Greek
- εὐλογέω Ancient Greek
- εὐσεβής Ancient Greek
- εὐτυχία Ancient Greek
- εὐτύχημα Ancient Greek
- εὐώδης Ancient Greek
- εὔσκιος Ancient Greek
- εὔφρων Ancient Greek
- εὔψυχος Ancient Greek
- οὐσία Ancient Greek
- πάρειμι Ancient Greek
- ἐσθλός Ancient Greek
- ὤν Ancient Greek
- *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁esk(ʷ)e(h₁) Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁s-n̥t-yós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁s-ónt-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁sn̥t-yó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁su- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁sónts Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁sónts, *h₁s-ónt-s Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁wésus Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésmi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- *sed- Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *immi Proto-Germanic
- *izum, *wesaną, *izud Proto-Germanic
- *sanþaz Proto-Germanic
- *sanþōniz Proto-Germanic
- *sanþōną Proto-Germanic
- *sundijō Proto-Germanic
- *sundī Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- eom Old English
- अस्ति Sanskrit
- अस्मि Sanskrit
- अस्मिता Sanskrit
- am Middle English
- em Old Norse
- er Old Norse
- est, vera Old Norse
- hvars Old Norse
- sannleikr Old Norse
- est Danish
- esence Czech
- ester Old French
- estre Old French
- son Old French
- ser Catalan, Valencian
- եմ Armenian
- fi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sunt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- είμαι Greek (modern)
- παρών Greek (modern)
- wesen Middle Dutch
- եմ Old Armenian
- san Norman
- jam Albanian
- sīn Old Dutch
- seer Old Portuguese
- *esti Proto-Celtic
- wesen Middle Low German
- *Has- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hásmi Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sīn Old Saxon
- escu Aromanian
- öm Westrobothnian
- *(fe)fūai, *fuiō Proto-Italic
- *ezom Proto-Italic
- easser Romansh
- esser Romansh
- jessi Friulian
- *Hásmi Proto-Indo-Aryan
- esser Old Occitan
- èssiri Sicilian
- èsare Venetian
- èser Venetian
- *esmi Proto-Albanian
- *bū́ˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- εἶμαι gkm
- saite Dalmatian
- essere Sardinian
- esse Neapolitan
- èssere Neapolitan
- ièsi Istriot
- *ehmi Proto-Hellenic
- étre Franco-Provençal
- esse Piedmontese
- êser Emilian
- sou Leonese
- săm Megleno-Romanian