небо

From Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

небо • (nebo) n (plural неба)

1. sky
2. heaven

• Glagolitic: ⱀⰵⰱⱁ (nebo)

From Proto-Slavic *nȅbo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nebo, *nebes-, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

небо • (nebo) n

1. heaven
2. sky

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “небо”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “небо”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae), Prague: Euroslavica
• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26)‎, Helsinki: University of Helsinki

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic небо (nebo), from Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Doublet of нёбо (njóbo), the inherited East Slavic form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʲebə]

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не́бо • (nébo) n inan (genitive не́ба, nominative plural небеса́, genitive plural небе́с)

1. sky

   на не́бе ― na nébe ― in the sky

   копти́ть не́бо ― koptítʹ nébo ― to 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 землёй ― méždu nébom i zemljój ― between heaven and earth; in an uncertain situation

   как не́бо от земли́ ― kak nébo ot zemlí ― worlds apart

   быть на седьмо́м не́бе ― bytʹ na sedʹmóm nébe ― to be in seventh heaven

   превозноси́ть до небе́с ― prevoznosítʹ do nebés ― to praise to the skies; to lavish praise on

   (+ accusative case)

   попа́сть па́льцем в не́бо ― popástʹ pálʹcem v nébo ― to be wide of the mark

3. air

   под откры́тым не́бом ― pod otkrýtym nébom ― in the open (air); under the open sky

   с не́ба свали́ться ― s néba svalítʹsja ― to appear out of the blue

• небе́сный (nebésnyj)
• небожи́тель (nebožítelʹ)
• небосво́д (nebosvód)
• Поднебе́сная f (Podnebésnaja)

• нёбо (njóbo)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “небо”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress

From Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

не̏бо n (Latin spelling nȅbo)

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

• небѐскӣ

From Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

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не́бо • (nébo) n (genitive не́ба, nominative plural небеса́)

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

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

• небо in Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka