/am/ ; unstressed /euhm, m/ , v.
1st pers. sing. pres. indic. of be .
[ before 900; ME; OE am, eam, eom; c. Goth im, ON, Armenian em, OIr am, Gk eimí, Hittite, early Lith esmi, OCS yesmi, Albanian jam, Skt asmi Hes- be + * -m 1st pers. sing. + * -i now; cf. IS ]