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]

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• Hyphenation^(key): не‧бе

Noun

небе́ • (nebé) n (relational adjective небе́сен or небе́ски)

1. sky
2. heaven

Declension

Declension of небе́

	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), “небе”, 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

1. prepositional singular of не́бо (nébo)