nebo

See also: Nebo and небо

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/

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Conjunction

nebo

1. or
2. and/or

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)

Related terms

• aneb (literary or archaic)
• neb (archaic)
• neboli

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) nēbō

1. first-person singular future active indicative of neō

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

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	nȅba / nebèsa
genitive	nȅba	nȇbā / nebésā
dative	nȅbu	nȅbima / nebèsima
accusative	nȅbo	nȅba / nebèsa
vocative	nȅbo	nȅba / nebèsa
locative	nȅbu	nȅbima / nebèsima
instrumental	nȅbom	nȅbima / nebèsima

Derived terms

• nebèskī

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲɛbɔ/

Noun

nebo n (genitive singular neba, nominative plural nebesá, nebesia, genitive plural nebies, declension pattern of mesto)

1. sky
2. heaven

Declension

Declension of nebo

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

Declension of nebo

	singular	plural
nominative	nebo	nebesia
genitive	neba	nebies
dative	nebu	nebsiam
accusative	nebo	nebesia
locative	nebi	nebesiach
instrumental	nebom	nebesami

Derived terms

• nebový
• nebíčko

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, 2024

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛbóː/

Noun

nebọ̑ n

1. sky

   Synonym: nebesa

2. (Christianity) heaven

   Synonym: nebesa

3. palate

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nom. sing.	nebo
gen. sing.	neba
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	nebo	nebi	neba
genitive (rodȋlnik)	neba	neb	neb
dative (dajȃlnik)	nebu	neboma	nebom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	nebo	nebi	neba
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	nebu	nebih	nebih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	nebom	neboma	nebi

Derived terms

• nebéški

Further reading

• “nebo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran