есть

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *estь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *esti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti, verb form of *h₁ésti.

есть (jestĭ)

1. third-person singular present indicative of бꙑти (byti)

• Old Ruthenian: єсть (jestʹ), *є (*je)
  • Ukrainian: єсть (jestʹ), є (je)
  • Belarusian: ёсць (joscʹ), ё (jo)
• Russian: есть (jestʹ), ёсть (jostʹ)

• есте (jeste)^[1][2][3] (year 1165±25)
• е (je)^[4][5][6] (year 1170±10)
• ѥсть (jestĭ)^[7][8] (year 1350±10)

First attested as есть (jestĭ) in year 1095±25. From Proto-Slavic *estь.

есть • (jestĭ)

1. third-person singular present of бꙑти (byti)

• Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎^[17] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 715
• “letter no. 752]”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[18][19] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
• “letter no. 736]”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[20][21] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
• “letter no. 819]”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[22][23] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ěsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti.

• ѣсть (jěstʹ) — pre-1918 spelling

• IPA^(key): [jesʲtʲ]

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• (proscribed, only the infinitive and its derivations) [jisʲtʲ]

есть • (jestʹ) impf (perfective съесть or пое́сть)

1. to eat quotations ▼

   Он ел мя́со и сала́т. ― On jel mjáso i salát. ― He was eating meat and salad.

   есть поедо́м ― jestʹ pojedóm ― to make someone's life a misery by nagging

   • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 2:26:

     Как вошёл он в дом Бо́жий при первосвяще́ннике Авиафа́ре и ел хле́бы предложе́ния, кото́рых не должно́ бы́ло есть никому́, кро́ме свяще́нников, и дал и бы́вшим с ним?

     Kak vošól on v dom Bóžij pri pervosvjaščénnike Aviafáre i jel xléby predložénija, kotóryx ne dolžnó býlo jestʹ nikomú, króme svjaščénnikov, i dal i bývšim s nim?

     How did he enter the house of God in the presence of the High Priest Abiathar and eat the bread of offering, which should not be eaten by no one other than the High Priest, and give it to those that were with him?

• ку́шать (kúšatʹ)

Inherited from Old East Slavic есть (jestĭ), from Proto-Slavic *estь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *esti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti, verb form of *h₁ésti.

• IPA^(key): [jesʲtʲ]

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есть • (jestʹ)

1. inflection of быть (bytʹ):
   1. present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular/plural present indicative imperfective
   quotations ▼
   • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 2:28:

     посему́ Сын Челове́ческий есть господи́н и суббо́ты.

     posemú Syn Čelovéčeskij jestʹ gospodín i subbóty.

     therefore the Son of Mankind is the lord of the Sabbath

2. there is, there are, exists/exist (expresses availability, existence or presence) antonyms ▲

   Antonym: нет (net)

   в э́той газе́те есть интере́сная статья́ ― v étoj gazéte jestʹ interésnaja statʹjá ― there is an interesting article in this newspaper

3. am/is/are located (at) (usually omitted)
4. used to express possession

   у меня́ есть вопро́с ― u menjá jestʹ voprós ― I have a question

5. am, is, are (used with any person or thing in any number, usually omitted but used for emphasis)

   кто ты есть? ― kto ty jestʹ? ― who are you (at all)?

• This form of быть (bytʹ) is special and most frequently used in the present tense, for past and future tense and other forms, see быть (bytʹ).
• The pre-reform orthography (1918) form ѣсть (jěstʹ) doesn't apply to this sense, only to the sense "to eat"; thus, the two terms were spelled differently before the reform.

Borrowed from English yes.

• IPA^(key): [jesʲtʲ]

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есть • (jestʹ) (military, not in general use)

1. yes!, hooray!
2. okay, right, roger
3. (military) yessir!
4. (nautical) aye-aye!

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “есть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• сеть (setʹ)