небо

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛbɔ]

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небо • (nebo) n (plural неба, relational adjective небесен)

1. sky
2. heaven

• Glagolitic: ⱀⰵⰱⱁ (nebo)

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

небо • (nebo) n

1. heaven
2. sky

• небесьнъ (nebesĭnŭ)
• небесьскъ (nebesĭskŭ)

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “небо”, in Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X—XI веков) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)] (overall work in Russian), Moscow: Russkij jazyk
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “небо”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae) (overall work in Czech), Prague: Euroslavica
• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki

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

• Hyphenation: не‧бо

небо (nebo) n

1. sky
2. heaven
3. (Christianity) Heaven

• Belarusian: нёба (njóba, “palate”)
• Russian: нёбо (njóbo, “palate”)
• Carpathian Rusyn: не́бо (nébo, “sky, heaven”)
• Ukrainian: не́бо (nébo, “sky, heaven”)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “небо”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 357

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic небо (nebo), from Proto-Slavic *nebo. Doublet of нёбо (njóbo), the inherited East Slavic form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʲebə]

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не́бо • (nébo) n inan (genitive не́ба, nominative plural небеса́, genitive plural небе́с, relational adjective небе́сный)

1. sky

   на не́бе ― na nébe ― in the sky

   копти́ть не́бо ― koptítʹ nébo ― to waste one's life (lit. to soot the sky)

2. heaven, firmament

   О́тче наш, су́щий на небеса́х! ― Ótče naš, súščij na nebesáx! ― Our Father, who art in heaven!

   ме́жду не́бом и землёй ― méždu nébom i zemljój ― between heaven and earth; in an uncertain situation

   как не́бо и земля́ / отлича́ться как не́бо от земли́ ― kak nébo i zemljá / otličátʹsja kak nébo ot zemlí ― worlds apart; like night and day

   быть на седьмо́м не́бе ― bytʹ na sedʹmóm nébe ― to be in seventh heaven

   превозноси́ть до небе́с ([with accusative]) ― prevoznosítʹ do nebés ― to praise to the skies; to lavish praise on

   попа́сть па́льцем в не́бо ― popástʹ pálʹcem v nébo ― to be wide of the mark

3. air

   под откры́тым не́бом ― pod otkrýtym nébom ― in the open (air); under the open sky

   с не́ба свали́ться ― s néba svalítʹsja ― to appear out of the blue

Phrases

• как до не́ба (kak do néba)
• не́бо с овчи́нку n (nébo s ovčínku)
  • не́бо с овчи́нку пока́жется (nébo s ovčínku pokážetsja)
  • не́бо с овчи́нку пока́залось (nébo s ovčínku pokázalosʹ)
• седьмо́е не́бо n (sedʹmóje nébo)
  • • быть на седьмо́м не́бе impf (bytʹ na sedʹmóm nébe)
    • быть на седьмо́м не́бе от сча́стья impf (bytʹ na sedʹmóm nébe ot sčástʹja)
    • на седьмо́м не́бе (na sedʹmóm nébe)
    • на седьмо́м не́бе от сча́стья (na sedʹmóm nébe ot sčástʹja)

• небеса́ n pl (nebesá)
• нёбо n (njóbo)

Borrowed

• небула́йзер m (nebulájzer)
• небуля́рный (nebuljárnyj)
• нефоско́п m (nefoskóp)

• нёбо n (njóbo)

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

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “небо”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

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

не̏бо n (Latin spelling nȅbo)

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

• небѐскӣ

From Middle Ukrainian небо (nebo), from Old East Slavic небо (nebo), from Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *néba, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛbɔ]

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не́бо • (nébo) n inan (genitive не́ба, nominative plural небеса́, genitive plural небе́с)

1. (usually uncountable) sky
2. (usually uncountable) heaven

• The plural is used mostly in poetry and high-register literature and is not used at all in common speech.

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “небо”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “небо”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “небо”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “небо”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)