нёбо

See also: небо

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Doublet of не́бо (nébo), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʲɵbə]

Noun

нёбо • (njóbo) n inan (genitive нёба, nominative plural нёба, genitive plural нёб)

1. palate

   мя́гкое нёбо ― mjáxkoje njóbo ― soft palate

   твёрдое нёбо ― tvjórdoje njóbo ― hard palate

Declension

Declension of нёбо (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	нёбо njóbo	нёба njóba
genitive	нёба njóba	нёб njób
dative	нёбу njóbu	нёбам njóbam
accusative	нёбо njóbo	нёба njóba
instrumental	нёбом njóbom	нёбами njóbami
prepositional	нёбе njóbe	нёбах njóbax

Related terms

• нёбно-зубно́й (njóbno-zubnój)
• нёбный (njóbnyj)

See also

• не́бо (nébo)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нёбо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress