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 • (njéban inan (genitive не́ба, nominative plural нябёсы, genitive plural нябёс)

  1. 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.
  2. (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

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 • (néban inan

  1. 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)

  1. genitive singular of не́бо (nébo)