nebo

See also: Nebo and небо

Äiwoo

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *na rabum.

Noun

nebo

1. grass

References

• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021), “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

Czech

Etymology

Probably from ne (“not”) + Old Czech *bo (cognate with Czech ba); basically formed in the meaning of “if not”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛbo]

• Audio:

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Conjunction

nebo

1. or
2. and/or
3. (archaic) for

Usage notes

Nebo is used both as an exclusive and an inclusive or. To avoid ambiguity, "buď ... (a)nebo ..." ("either ... or ...") can be used for exclusive or; however, the conjunction buď and consequently this structure is never used in questions. Adding "nebo obojí" ("or both") etc. can be used for inclusive or.

Dáte si kávu nebo čaj? ― Do you want coffee or tea?

Dáte si ke snídani kávu, nebo čaj? ― What do you want for breakfast – coffee or tea?

Měli byste si dát buď kávu, anebo čaj. ― You should have either coffee or tea.

Synonyms

• anebo
• či
• čili (archaic in this sense)

Derived terms

• dříve nebo později

Related terms

• aneb
• neb
• neboli

Further reading

• “nebo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “nebo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈneː.boː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɛː.bo]

Verb

nēbō

1. first-person singular future active indicative of neō

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *néba, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnêbo/

Noun

nȅbo n (Cyrillic spelling не̏бо)

1. sky
2. heaven, firmament
3. air
4. atmosphere

   nebu pod oblake — far away

Declension

Declension of nebo

	singular	plural
nominative	nȅbo	nebèsa
genitive	nȅba	nebésā
dative	nȅbu	nebèsima
accusative	nȅbo	nebèsa
vocative	nȅbo	nebèsa
locative	nȅbu	nebèsima
instrumental	nȅbom	nebèsima

Derived terms

• nebèskī

Further reading

• “nebo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nebo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲebɔ/, [ˈɲebɔ]

• Audio (Bratislava):

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• Rhymes: -ebɔ
• Hyphenation: ne‧bo

Noun

nebo n (relational adjective nebový or nebeský, diminutive nebíčko)

1. sky

   Synonym: obloha

2. heaven

Declension

Declension of nebo
(pattern mesto)

	singular	plural
nominative	nebo	nebesá, nebesia
genitive	neba	nebies
dative	nebu	nebesám, nebesiam
accusative	nebo	nebesá, nebesia
locative	nebi	nebesách, nebesiach
instrumental	nebom	nebesami

Further reading

• “nebo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *néba, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛbóː/
• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: ne‧bo

Noun

nebọ̑ n

1. (uncountable) sky

   Synonyms: nebesa, nebesni obok, božja dlan, fiirmament, modri oblok, nebes, nebesje, nebesna modrina, nebesna sinjina, nebesni svod, nebeški obok, nebna sinjina, nebni obok, nebosklon, oblok, obnebje, obočje

2. (Christianity, archaic, uncountable) heaven

   Synonyms: nebesa, raj, nebeško kraljestvo

   Antonyms: pekel, inferno, peklo, peklensko žrelo, večni ogenj

3. (journalism) field (domain of study, knowledge or practice)

   Synonyms: področje, območje, delokrog, domena, krog, meje, objekt, obsežje, pokrajinna, polje, poprišče, sfera, svet, terišče, torišče

4. (rare) baldachin

   Synonyms: baldahin, nebes

5. (anatomy, phonetics) palate (soft and hard)

Declension

First neuter declension (hard o-stem) , long mixed accent
nom. sing.	nebọ̑
gen. sing.	nebȃ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	nebọ̑	nẹ̑bi	nẹ̑ba
genitive rodȋlnik	nebȃ	nẹ̑b	nẹ̑b
dative dajȃlnik	nẹ̑bu, nẹ̑bi	nẹ̑boma, nẹ̑bama	nẹ̑bom, nẹ̑bam
accusative tožȋlnik	nebọ̑	nẹ̑bi	nẹ̑ba
locative mẹ̑stnik	nẹ̑bu, nẹ̑bi	nẹ̑bih, nẹ̑bah	nẹ̑bih, nẹ̑bah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	nẹ̑bom	nẹ̑boma, nẹ̑bama	nẹ̑bi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	nebọ̑	nẹ̑bi	nẹ̑ba

• obsolete; compare pluralia tantum nebesa

First neuter declension (hard o-stem) , fixed accent, -s- infix, special accent changes
nom. sing.	nebọ̑
gen. sing.	nebẹ́sa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	nebọ̑	nebẹ́si	nebẹ́sa
genitive rodȋlnik	nebẹ́sa	nebẹ̄s	nebẹ̄s
dative dajȃlnik	nebẹ́su, nebẹ́si	nebẹ́soma, nebẹ́sama	nebẹ́som, nebẹ́sam
accusative tožȋlnik	nebọ̑	nebẹ́si	nebẹ́sa
locative mẹ̑stnik	nebẹ́su, nebẹ́si	nebẹ́sih	nebẹ́sih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	nebẹ́som	nebẹ́soma, nebẹ́sama	nebẹ́si
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	nebọ̑	nebẹ̑si	nebẹ̑sa

Derived terms

• do neba
• kakor bi padel z neba
• kot da bi padel z neba
• kovati v sedmo nebo
• kovati v tretje nebo
• mehko nebo
• nẹ̑bən
• nebẹ̑sa
• nebẹ̑sən
• nebo blagoslovi kogaršnji zakon
• nihče ne pade učen z neba
• pod milim nebom
• pod tujim nebom
• trdo nebo
• v nebo

Further reading

• “nebo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “nebo”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references