неба

See also: нёба

Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic небо (nebo), from Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Compare native Belarusian нёба (njóba) from the same Proto-Slavic term. The same duality exists with Russian не́бо (nébo) and нёбо (njóbo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʲeba]

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Noun

не́ба • (njéba) n inan (genitive не́ба, nominative plural нябёсы, genitive plural нябёс)

1. sky
2. heaven

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.

Further reading

• “неба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʲebə]

Noun

не́ба • (néba) n inan

1. genitive singular of не́бо (nébo)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛbɐ]

Noun

не́ба • (néba)

1. genitive singular of не́бо (nébo)