neba

Basque

Noun

neba ?

1. brother (of a female)

Usage notes

The dialect of Bizkaia distinguishes the brother of a female from the brother of a male, which is anaia. Other dialects use anaia for both.

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Latvian

Etymology

From the negative conjunction ne (“neither, nor”), with an old particle ba found also at the end of the conjunction jeb.

Conjunction

neba

1. (dated, today usually nevis, ne, vai) not, not in order to, or else, lest

   cilvēka ķermenis radīts kustībai, neba bezmērķīgai zvilnēšanai ― the human body is designed to move, not to loll aimlessly

   jāiet jau būs (skolā), neba gribi izaugt kā slotas kāts? ― (you) will have to go (to school), or do you want to grow as a broomstick (= poor)?

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

neba

1. genitive singular of nebo

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Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian nebo.

Noun

neba f

1. sky

Declension

    declension of neba (series-2b fem)

	singular	plural
nominative	neba	nebe
genitive	nebe	neb, nebi
dative	nebu	nebami, nebi
accusative	nebu	nebe
locative	nebu	nebe
instrumental	nebom	nebami, nebi

References

• Antonietta Marra (2012), “Contact phenomena in the Slavic of Molise: some remarks about nouns and prepositional phrases” in Morphologies in Contact.

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Slovak

Noun

neba

1. genitive singular of nebo