небе
See also: нёбе
Bulgarian
Etymology
Back-formed from the oblique stem of Proto-Slavic *nebo ~ *nebese. Technically reflects *nebьje. Similar forms are attested in Old Polish niebie, Czech nebe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɛˈbɛ]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation(key): не‧бе
Noun
небе́ • (nebé) n (relational adjective небе́сен or небе́ски)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | небе́ nebé |
небеса́2, небе́та3 nebesá2, nebéta3 |
| definite | небе́то nebéto |
небеса́та2, небе́тата3 nebesáta2, nebétata3 |
| genitive form | небесе́1 nebesé1 |
— |
| dative form | небеси́1 nebesí1 |
— |
1Archaic.
2Poetic.
3Dialectal.
Alternative forms
- не́бо (nébo) — obsolete
Derived terms
- небо- (nebo-) (in compounds)
- небоме́рец (nebomérec, “astronomer”) (obsolete)
- небосво́д (nebosvód, “dome of heaven”)
- небостърга́ч (nebostǎrgáč, “skyscraper”)
- небоскло́н (nebosklón, “horizon”)
nouns
- възне́бица (vǎznébica)
- изне́бица (iznébica)
- (augmentative) небе́сия (nebésija)
- небе́сница (nebésnica)
- небце́ (nebcé, “palatum”)
References
- “небе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “небе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “не́бе”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 255
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “небе́”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 581
- “небо”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnʲebʲe]
Noun
не́бе • (nébe) n inan
- prepositional singular of не́бо (nébo)