небо

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See also: нёбо

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *néba, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛbɔ]
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Noun

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небо (nebon (plural неба, relational adjective небесен)

  1. sky
  2. heaven

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Old Church Slavonic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *nȅbo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *néba, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Noun

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небо (nebon

  1. heaven
  2. sky

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Old East Slavic

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Небо.

Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *nȅbo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *néba, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛbɔ//ˈnʲɛbɔ//ˈnʲɛbɔ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈnɛbɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈnʲɛbɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈnʲɛbɔ/

  • Hyphenation: не‧бо

Noun

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небо (nebon

  1. sky
  2. heaven
  3. (Christianity) Heaven

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Descendants

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  • Belarusian: нёба (njóba, palate)
  • Russian: нёбо (njóbo, palate)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: не́бо (nébo, sky, heaven)
  • Ukrainian: не́бо (nébo, sky, heaven)

References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “небо”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 357

Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic небо (nebo), from Proto-Slavic *nebo. Doublet of нёбо (njóbo), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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не́бо (nébon inan (genitive не́ба, nominative plural небеса́, genitive plural небе́с, relational adjective небе́сный)

  1. sky
    на не́беna nébein the sky
    копти́ть не́боkoptítʹ néboto waste one's life (lit. to soot the sky)
  2. heaven, firmament
    О́тче наш, су́щий на небеса́х!Ótče naš, súščij na nebesáx!Our Father, who art in heaven!
    ме́жду не́бом и землёйméždu nébom i zemljójbetween heaven and earth; in an uncertain situation
    как не́бо и земля́ / отлича́ться как не́бо от земли́kak nébo i zemljá / otličátʹsja kak nébo ot zemlíworlds apart; like night and day
    быть на седьмо́м не́беbytʹ na sedʹmóm nébeto be in seventh heaven
    превозноси́ть до небе́с ([with accusative])prevoznosítʹ do nebésto praise to the skies; to lavish praise on
    попа́сть па́льцем в не́боpopástʹ pálʹcem v néboto be wide of the mark
  3. air
    под откры́тым не́бомpod otkrýtym nébomin the open (air); under the open sky
    с не́ба свали́тьсяs néba svalítʹsjato appear out of the blue

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See also

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References

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *néba, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Noun

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не̏бо n (Latin spelling nȅbo)

  1. sky
  2. heaven, firmament
  3. air
  4. atmosphere

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Old Ukrainian небо (nebo), from Old East Slavic небо (nebo), from Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *néba, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

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не́бо (nébon inan (genitive не́ба, nominative plural небеса́, genitive plural небе́с)

  1. (usually uncountable) sky
  2. (usually uncountable) heaven

Usage notes

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  • The plural is used mostly in poetry and high-register literature and is not used at all in common speech.

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