Russian

Verb

несу́ • ‎(nesú)

1. first-person singular present indicative imperfective of нести́ ‎(nestí)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Standard Bosnian, Standard Croatian, Standard Serbian) ни́су
• (Standard Montenegrin) нијѐсу
• (historical, regional) није́су

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ne + *sǫtь, first-person plural present tense form of *byti. This formation was kept in Old Church Slavonic as нє сѫтъ ‎(ne sǫtŭ) (see бꙑти ‎(byti)). However, in other South Slavic vernaculars, this form irregularly later created něsu (attested in 1334), probably influenced by něsam (see несам). Because of the yat reflex, něsu became rendered as несу in Ekavian speeches.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ně:su/
• Hyphenation: не‧су

Verb

не́су ‎(Latin spelling nésu)

1. (regional, chiefly Serbia) negative third-person plural present tense form of бити.

References

• Pero Budmani (editor) (1892-1897), Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Volume 4, JAZU: Zagreb, pp. 606-607