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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nebo
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *néba (“cloud; sky”), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).
Noun
*nebò or *nȅbo n[1][2]
- sky
- heaven
Declension
Declension of *nebò (s-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *nebò | *nebèsi | *nebèsā |
| Accusative | *nebò | *nebèsi | *nebèsā |
| Genitive | *nebèse | *nebèsu | *nebèsъ |
| Locative | *nebèse | *nebèsu | *nebèsьxъ |
| Dative | *nebèsi | *nebèsьma | *nebèsьmъ |
| Instrumental | *nebèsьmь | *nebèsьma | *nebèsȳ |
| Vocative | *nebò | *nebèsi | *nebèsā |
Declension of *nȅbo (s-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *nȅbo | *nȅbesi | *nebesà |
| Accusative | *nȅbo | *nȅbesi | *nebesà |
| Genitive | *nȅbese | *nebesù | *nebèsъ |
| Locative | *nȅbese | *nebesù | *nebèsьxъ |
| Dative | *nȅbesi | *nebesьmà | *nebèsьmъ |
| Instrumental | *nȅbesьmь | *nebesьmà | *nebesý |
| Vocative | *nȅbo | *nȅbesi | *nebesà |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: нёба (njóba, “palate”)
- Russian: нёбо (njóbo, “palate”)
- Rusyn: не́бо (nébo, “sky”), нёбо (njobo, “palate”)
- Ukrainian: не́бо (nébo)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: небо (nebo)
- Glagolitic: ⱀⰵⰱⱁ (nebo)
- → Belarusian: не́ба (njéba)
- → Russian: не́бо (nébo)
- Bulgarian: небе́ (nebé), небó (nebó) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: не́бо (nébo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: не̏бо
- Latin: nȅbo
- Chakavian (Vrgada): nȅbo
- Chakavian (Orbanići): nȅbo
- Chakavian (Iž): nȅbo
- Kajkavian (Bednja): nȃbe
- Kajkavian (Varaždin): nȩ̑bo
- Slavomolisano: neba
- Slovene: nebọ̑ (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: nebo
- Czech: nebe
- Kashubian: niebò
- Polabian: nebü
- Polish: niebo, niebiosa
- Silesian: niebo
- Slovak: nebo
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: njebjo
- Upper Sorbian: njebjo
- Old Czech: nebo
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “не́бо”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nȅbo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347‒348: “n. s (c) ‘sky, heaven’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “nebo nebesa”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d (NA 131; PR 138; MP 17; RPT 111)”