nȅbo

nȅbo Grammatical information: n. s Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `sky, heaven'

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Old Church Slavic:

nebo `heaven' [n s], nebese [Gens]

Russian:

nébo `sky, heaven' [n o/s], nebesá [Nom p];

nëbo `palate' [n o]

Czech:

nebe `sky, heaven' [n jo/s], nebesa [Nom p]

Slovak:

nebo `sky, heaven' [n o]

Polish:

niebo `sky, heaven' [n o]

Upper Sorbian:

njebjo `sky, heaven' [n jo]

Serbo-Croatian:

nȅbo `sky, heaven, (dial.) ceiling, palate' [n s], nebèsa [Nom p];

Čak. nȅbo (Vrgada) `sky, heaven' [n o], nebeså̃ [Nom p]

Slovene:

nebọ̑ `sky, heaven, (dial.) ceiling, palate' [n o]

Bulgarian:

nebé `sky, heaven' [n s], nebesá [Nom p]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: nebo, nebes-

Lithuanian:

debesìs `cloud' [f i]

Latvian:

debess `cloud' [f i]

Indo-European reconstruction: nebʰ-es-

Certainty: +

Other cognates:

Skt. nábhas- (RV+) `fog, mass of clouds, sky';

Gk. νέφος `cloud, mass of clouds' [n];

Hitt. nepis- `sky' [n]