неба
See also: нёба
Belarusian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic небо (nebo), from Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Doublet of нёба (njóba).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnʲeba]
- Rhymes: -eba
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: не‧ба
Noun
не́ба • (njéba) n inan (genitive не́ба, nominative plural нябёсы, genitive plural нябёс)
- sky
- Усе глядзелі ў неба, калі ляцеў самалёт. ― Usje hljadzjeli ŭ njeba, kali ljacjeŭ samaljót. ― Everyone looked up at the sky as the plane flew.
- (religion, usually Christianity) heaven
- Бог гарантуе вечнае жыццё ў небе для тых, хто верыць у Евангелле. ― Boh harantuje vječnaje žyccjó ŭ njebje dlja tyx, xto vjerycʹ u Jevanhjellje. ― God guarantees eternal life in heaven for those who believe in the gospel.
Declension
Declension of не́ба (inan hard neut-form accent-a irreg-plstem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | не́ба njéba |
нябёсы njabjósy |
| genitive | не́ба njéba |
нябёс njabjós |
| dative | не́бу njébu |
нябёсам njabjósam |
| accusative | не́ба njéba |
нябёсы njabjósy |
| instrumental | не́бам njébam |
нябёсамі njabjósami |
| locative | не́бе njébje |
нябёсах njabjósax |
| count form | — | не́бы1 njéby1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “неба”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “неба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnʲebə]
Noun
не́ба • (néba) n inan
- genitive singular of не́бо (nébo)
- 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 8:11:
- Вышли фарисеи, начали с Ним спорить и требовали от Него знамения с неба, искушая Его.
- Vyšli farisei, načali s Nim sporitʹ i trebovali ot Nevo znamenija s neba, iskušaja Jevo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɛbɐ]
Noun
не́ба • (néba)
- genitive singular of не́бо (nébo)